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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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unanswered questions fill the poet with profound frustration unreachable, unattainable insolent silence staring into the hollowness of insignificance a lost-boy-like loathing of the child within the versifier seeking bearing like the blind, sans dog ideas zip can't get a grip attracting unnamed doggerel like flypaper trying to compose these visceral thoughts onto papyrus banging away like a rodeo bull aching, grasping the right words within the fogged thicket of diminutive, poets' mind ought to be natural as hens laying an egg make a fist of air say a prayer is it brilliance in the making or merely menopausal, womanopausal, conceiving slumped in fireside chair like a boxer between rounds ego bruised, hearing hooting, finger-pointing thunder incurable intensity of belief fulfills itself we are owned by our fears heart and mind gone dismal gray dawn hovering just inside thought-process is your brilliance dealing with conscience of death curse of humanity verses to pen of pain and suffering ink has run dry lost among the incestuous reality of essence screams are not heard there are no words naked truth sets in at fundamental level when the Voice of the Bard laughs in your face causing temporary (maybe) madness while you sit motionless in self-inflicted hell Quasimodo never so hideous Paradise Lost moves into soft places of hurt inside dark vale beyond the pale your genius, nothing but a traveling man's smile behind that crouching evil troll, wild-eyed, bloody-handed nekkid sonofabith laying in wait for the poet to sob for lost fame to the sound of soul-bones shattering its over now gloom on your brow within chaotic images of insanity the poet roars a magnificent hiss speaks to ghost, ancient bards of poetical importance saying give distress a day of yourself, not a day-and-a-half your brand-new muse, reflects you fondles the pen greatness begins ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Hey you! Great rage against the blank page! One reference I didn't quite get... "is it brilliance in the making or merely menopausal, womanopausal, conceiving" I'm trying to figure out if menopausal conceiving is a positive or negative here. ~L |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh it is a positive way of thinking, my friend. Maybe I should explain it in more depth, Lori. What I was thinking when I wrote that line was the fact that the poet was "pausing" for a while and allowing all the clutter inside his brain to depart so he could think with a more acceptable thought process . . . ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Oh my goodness, Jerry, your roar like a lion here, and I listen to the voice of a king ... not of the jungle - but of the words. The "Blank" page has been greatly honored, I would say. Of course this powerful work deserves more than one reading... going to do just the second one ... Excellent! Margherita |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Love this --the rhythm guitar speaks in long rolling statements, the lead answers in two line replies.. and the lyrics are said, well between notes. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, ice, for your kind remarks. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Margherita, I'm so sorry I missed your comments, that is kinda the way my day has been. Thank you for your wonderful remarks . . . ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Mr Martini Member Posts 366 Beneath The Line |
Similar to the feeling I once had of writer's block. Then it came to me just what I should do; write about writer's block. Cured. Here's to you and here's to me and should we ever disagree, here's to me! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yeah, you're right, Mr Martini, it is usually as simple as that. Thanks for your read and comment . . . ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Pete_W Member Posts 185 Scotland (UK) |
Your poem chimes, I had a long break where it seemed I had nothing left to say, now I'm trying to get out everyday to fill the well, so I can draw from it later, great read. Thanks Pete |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I guess I'm lucky, Pete. I really have not been as unfortunate as many. I've not had writers block often. Thanks for your comment. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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