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Poet deVine
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0 posted 1999-06-07 08:32 PM


Is writing block a mental constipation
giving gaseous grumbling alliteration
No grunting, no groaning will prevail
so I sit here and endure my travail.

Would fibrous words of wooded glen
cause these words to flow again
Chemicals never were my forte
so I sit here, without words to say.

Twiddle my thumbs, rearrange my file
(thank God I am a bibliophile!)
Waiting to feel the signs of release
give me words and give me peace!

I spy on my shelf a dictionary of rhyme
and suddenly, all is fine!
Such a relief! Now I can relax,
I just got a dose of mental ex-lax!




[This message has been edited by Poet deVine (edited 06-07-99).]

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Elizabeth
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1 posted 1999-06-10 10:16 PM


Well, Poet deVine, I must say you've come up with a unique metaphor for what we call "writer's block". That one I've never heard before.
Sunshine
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2 posted 1999-06-28 03:53 PM


Wonderful. Smiles abound!
Andrew Scott
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3 posted 1999-06-28 06:03 PM


Very clever. Thanks for the chuckle.

Andrew

Wolfgang
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4 posted 1999-06-28 06:45 PM


I hope you are taking in plenty of fluids!
Christina Myers
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5 posted 1999-06-28 10:40 PM


this one is so cute! (don't take offense!)
heheh mental ex-lax....
lol

*smiling*

Christina

Poet deVine
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6 posted 1999-06-28 10:54 PM


I never take offense at anything said about my poetry...being a poet of common sense, I know some of what I write is good, some is bad...some is downright awful..some..some rare pieces actually are poetry.

Thank you all...my aim in life is to bring a smile to your face, a tear to you eye, poetry to your soul....


Sally S.
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7 posted 1999-06-29 12:35 PM


hee hee....
I know the feelings you describe!! Though, I never put them into such wonderful words. I don't know how I missed this one...it's great! (Dunno, perhaps I was trapped in a dungeon 'bout that time.) :O

wayoutwalt
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8 posted 1999-06-29 12:37 PM


pass the ex-lax ..love it
ashlerr
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9 posted 1999-06-30 04:01 AM


i must say that i never thought of writing a response to having writer's block before...but i am so glad that someone with a great wit did :-)
Karibear
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10 posted 1999-06-30 04:03 AM


WOW! I have felt that so often that as I read and read, it struck a tone recalling all the time I struggled to write a simple phrase. Wonderful job, I love your poems!

Karibear

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Turn your face to the sunlight and you shall not see the shadow.
-- Helen Keller

elvira
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11 posted 1999-07-16 06:17 PM


i can certainly relate...haven't written in a couple of decades

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Childhood Memories...your countenance...hoarse whispers...My One and Only...Tribute to M.J... serving wench...stolen hours...devotion...Master...apart...



Craig
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12 posted 1999-07-16 06:46 PM



Add my name to the admirers of your art

Poet deVine
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13 posted 1999-07-16 07:40 PM


Thank you!!!!!
azblond
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14 posted 1999-07-16 07:45 PM


Still giggling Poet deVine...Can we get that mental ex-lax in chocolate flavored...I'm due for a fix! (My list of favorites from you grows again!)

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For sometimes when the Darkness falls, we must surrender, take what is ours, and give what we can, and always remember love is somewhere waiting...



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