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Red Letter
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since 1999-05-24

Posts 85
Allentown, PA

0 posted 1999-07-26 11:55 PM

on losing inspiration

I fear my voice becoming inaudible
(a scratching wordlessness
that eats at my cords, at my fingertips)
I fear it leaving me
loose and dangling by strange branches
It is the manhandling of an echo
a foolish gathering of wishes
that leaves me vaulted, confounded
I lean towards it, ear cocked waiting hungrily
for a kaleidoscope mural of syllables
tethered beyond the ropes twisting into sounds
catching it like rainwater the way the flowers sometimes do
greedily drinking until the hurt comes
until I am no longer floating, a foreigner under a quarreling sky
and I am falling through

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 1999-07-27 07:20 AM

Every poem you write takes me on a visual ride - somewhere - this one is no exception.... You need to post more - (I should talk?)

Seaangel
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since 1999-07-27

Posts 167
Auckland, New Zealand

2 posted 1999-07-27 07:57 AM

fearing the loss of inspiration; I know it well. Although from your poem I don't think you are in immediate danger of that!
I loved the rainwater imagery; truly a ride of the senses. I think that aside from the pure kind of inspiration we all know and love, is the one that we can create by reading my favourite poet, taking a walk in a park, or doing a garbage-day cleanout of my cluttered head; what I do which is very helpful is to just write/type whatever comes to mind for several pages maybe until I find myself on a theme that runs independent of my outside sterility, something I become excited about. Sometimes the loveliest lines, the best phrasing, the ultimate question comes out of this 'taking out the trash' of the poetic head.

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

3 posted 1999-07-27 08:05 AM

You say you have only been writing for a short time? Unbelievable! As usual, your talent is displayed with finesse, style, and superior craftsmanship. I applaud you! Losing inspiration? hehehe.... Not apparent in this poem! Fine work, my friend. And, what Nan said! Post more here. We need to read and study the poetry of a fine free verse writer. luv, dp

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