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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2017-08-13 06:59 AM

The blank page plays with me,
enticing me with blank spaces
and c’mon ya know ya wanna.
My head is a ticker tape parade
of cascading confetti ideas.
And I am blankly blinking
at my cursor blankly blinking at me
while I play hide and seek with my muse.
My muse is seeking solace and solitude
to sooth her aching soul.
These times, they trouble her heart
to see so much hate seething on the streets.
She cries for all the craziness
that kills innocents in its crossfire.
She wails over those poor souls
of religious and ethnic persecution.
Her deepest moans resonate with the children
that are starving, orphaned, abused and trafficked.
Her body throbs with the pain of the alone, lonely and bullied.
She weeps heartbroken words incoherently.
Fear flutters from her fingertips as she wipes her eyes.
Helpless to help her, I can only empathize.
I must leave her be in her misery
until she is ready to speak to me.
Her sadness is painful to see.
It will soon turn to outrage,
then she’ll come find me.

LGR©8/13/17

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2017-08-13 09:23 AM

Hah! That dirty old Muse, they sometimes give us fits, and conniption . . . But sometimes they bestow upon us perfect thoughts and words,

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2017-08-13 04:56 PM

I have discovered that I can write about nothing, that comes in handy when the muse is AWOL. Also I have the sneaking suspicion When I start a poem without her she can't resist showing up. ~L

Poet In Pink
Senior Member
Posts 1066
MI

3 posted 2017-08-18 01:30 PM

This makes me so smile Lori Lou Been there done that!!! Loved the way you expressed your AWOL Muse! lol Like you said...Start writing and she will show up! Enjoyed Alana

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2017-08-18 05:15 PM

Pinkapen,
I've gone long periods without writing but nothing serious since joining up with this bunch here.
At one point I was writing everyday by squeezing out a morning haiku with my coffee.
I have found the less I stress the better I do. ~L

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