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amusemi
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1262
A State of Disarray

0 posted 2002-02-07 12:32 PM

An empty pen defies the poet's mind
Gleefully abstaining from the art
Frustrating the screaming muse
Who pleads for voice, for validation.
At a loss for the well's run dry
I, too, cry melancholy stupor.
For where may thoughts go, I panic.
Rhyme, reason, useless without a quill
Alas, I churn without my utensil.
Creeping through purse, breaking nails,
Finding treasures (tangents easing my muse)
Only to discover that screaching call again.
Voila!! Eyeliner becomes a vessel tool
For no thick, smudging lipstick will do!!

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

1 posted 2002-02-07 12:35 PM

amusemi,
Unless you use the mirror! Fun write.

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

2 posted 2002-02-07 12:45 PM

This is a cool poem, Amusemi....I have written poetry with every type of writing implement possible...including lipstick.
Much enjoyed!

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

3 posted 2002-02-07 12:47 PM

amusemi - use every utensil handy when the thought of a poem comes to mind. I've even used coal when I had nothing else... I liked the write...

BC

amusemi
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1262
A State of Disarray

4 posted 2002-02-07 12:54 PM

I just knew you would understand!!  (As only a poet can!)

Larry-you continue to crack me up!!

Madame-where ever do you find those graphics?  They are so cool!!  I still haven't braved the creation of one in a piece.

And Bill (the gypsie King)  you are so wonderful to me...thanks...P.S.  There's got to be a story behind the coal thing...care to share?

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

5 posted 2002-02-07 09:06 AM

and all this time I've been writing without my makeup on, thanks for the poem, it made me smile

Kathleen--(Kay)
"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

6 posted 2002-02-07 09:11 AM

Amusemi,
Clever, enjoyed

PearlsB4Swine
Member

since 2002-02-01

Posts 130
where the heart finds me

7 posted 2002-02-07 06:10 PM

So clever. Enjoyed this, Amusemi.
When the ink well runs dry, it becomes
an obsession, almost to put some more in it, if you know what I mean.

PB4S

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