In the Shower

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What? You really expected to see me? ;)

In the shower, in the shower It all hits me with such power While shampooing my long hair As I soap up body....fair? ;) There where laptop's not in sight Words explode like dynamite!!! There where my back needs a rub When I don't dare leave the tub There in my soapy sudsy best Words assail me without rest When I need my legs to shave Words assault me, strong and brave While my hands glide here and there Poetic soul itself will bare Poems of the "bardy" type Come to mind with lots of hype Once I'm done and towel dry Can't write a thing, though hard I try! Now I have this silly rhyme I must increase my shower time Or have someone just sitting there Who has some time for me to spare Someone who's fast on the keys If you're the one, then tell me please You're hired here, right on the spot You'll be my scribe, "Forget Me Not." Eileen

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Paul Callus

Date: 12/19/2014 10:53:00 AM

Like Charm I'm inspired by dark cosy places...in bed late at night...sitting at the back of a bus...while swimming alone in late summer...on a plane....in an empty church..! I'll make the perfect scribe...deaf, dumb and blind:) no monkeying around! // paul

Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/23/2014 1:21:00 AM

Sorry for this late reply to your post on In the Shower... ;) Like you and Charmaine, I also get inspired in nice and quiet places....in bed. However, I do take my happy pill in the morning...and I guess that, and the fact that I'm a morning person, both help to inspire me. Showering before classes....it all starts to take effect. ;) If you promise no monkeying around...then you've got the job! ;)

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 12/19/2014 6:12:00 AM

I'm usually inspired in the kitchen : )..I might be filling up a turkey and thinking poetry .Another place is in bed very late at night..Usually dark cosy places inspire the romantic ones.In my car whilst driving..Yes ..but cant write it downn many times.In the shower I try to relax..but once in a while it happens there as well : )

Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/23/2014 1:22:00 AM

We all have different times when our muses come to visit. ;) Glad to know a bit more about when yours visit you, Charma. Hope you have a lovely Christmas. Hugs...

David Meade

Date: 12/18/2014 5:23:00 PM

OK, I volunteer to be the scribe . . . I am hard of hearing so you will have to yell or I could get waterproof hearing aids!! I do some of my best writing in my head -- usually out running when pen and pad are out of sight!! Here's to shower writing!!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/23/2014 1:23:00 AM

Waterproof hearing aids, indeed! ;) You made me smile with this comment on my In the Shower poem, David. :) Hope all is well with you, my dear. Hugs

Charmaine Chircop
Date: 12/19/2014 6:13:00 AM

: )

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 12/18/2014 4:47:00 PM

Ha ha, this is perfect. I can relate, sometimes it also happens when I am out and about and there is no pen in sight.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/18/2014 4:50:00 PM

;) It sure beat being in the shower. I'm up and it's almost 1:00am. Why? Words were just pouring into my head and I didn't want them to get away this time. I lost about three poems in the shower yesterday...or was that this morning. I can't remember!