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A Craving for Writer's Block
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I slaver with anticipation
as your taunts fly past
let me grapple you
while your fangs pierce
and vilest venom spreads
numb my soul and mind
let me scream and cringe
agonise upon this page
let blankness reign supreme
slay this potent pen
for all of eternity
make your emptiness pristine
hover around my carcass
you scavenging vulture
eat away my rotted entrails
tear at sinews, limb from limb
pluck blind eyes and vitals
drain the fluids of creativity
cloying leech on pallid skin
halt my writing and my speech
in your acid, my verses bleach
let me writhe, mouth agape
drink your unquenchable thirst
hit me hard with writer's block
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Kailashana2
Sat, 2011-01-29 18:47
Hell, no!
Hell, no!
It won't flow!
"I appreciate moderate constructive criticism". Poor muse. ;-)
~A
crypticbard
Mon, 2011-01-31 04:32
:-))
You are too kind and funny. Thanks for starting my week off with a happy smile!
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'write on! let these words free.'
author commentscribbler
Sat, 2011-01-29 23:25
cravings
careful what you ask for lol.....................scribbler
crypticbard
Mon, 2011-01-31 04:35
Now that you mention it
I may have not only thrown the gauntlet at the blocking gods but slapped them around a bit with it as well. Oh well, at least I found a newish tack at battling them off the next time they come around. Thanks for dropping in and responding to this poem.
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'write on! let these words free.'
author commentcrypticbard
Mon, 2011-01-31 04:37
Thanks Rosina
I am happy to find appreciation for this poem. It was in response to Dan's "kind-of challenge" to write a poem about craving for writers block. I found the process rather freeing, actually! Thanks again for your kind words in response.
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'write on! let these words free.'
author commentKailashana2
Mon, 2011-01-31 09:02
I missed the challenge, and
I missed the challenge, and since I am up to challenges, (if my life were any indication) I'm game!
~A
crypticbard
Mon, 2011-01-31 09:11
Well A~
Dan has written his and so has loved. I've put this up to air out the dirty line-dry and you are most welcome to join in. You'll find the gauntlet on the ground in my blog about writer's block "there is more to you."
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'write on! let these words free.'
author commentloved
Mon, 2011-01-31 09:39
It is beyond
the comprehension of loved
and what you want to convey
the bard of bards
be as you may
loved
crypticbard
Fri, 2011-02-04 04:03
:-))
Thanks Ian. A viral infection or sorts it must be, it is very catching... mind I be running away with thee.
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'write on! let these words free.'
author commentKailashana2
Mon, 2011-01-31 10:16
hahaha! on a personal note, and in the spirit of serendipity or
hahaha! on a personal note, and in the spirit of serendipity or coincidence or the abuses of our muses, I just told Barry this morning "I feel like I've been slimed*. How weird is that that we are all hard wired to one another, into the Matrix of living?
The self-destruct virus, however, is software programming. ;-)
~A
crypticbard
Fri, 2011-02-04 04:05
then some smartie
came and hacketh at mine system to plant this software of self destruct!
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'write on! let these words free.'
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