Constance La France Poet Free verse

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A Poet Must Brainstorm

" . . . madness . . .  retain,
Which rightly should possess a poet's brain."

Michael Drayton (1563-1631) 


a writer of poems must be quite mind fractured-
we brainstorm the abyss of our thoughts
                             deep, deep inside
                                for our ranting
looking for the broken pieces deep in the void
of our life-   and open old jagged wounds
         this writing is a mania and urge
         we travel the calendar of our cracked mind
seeking inspiration-  bright thoughts
                            with instinctive
                               delirium . . . 

a writer of poetry is spontaneous-
to wander paths of the mind-   forced to mend
                             exposing self
                                rupturing soul
all in the name of poetry inspiration
recollecting sad events for the sake
        of penning bleeding words for our readers
        we brainstorm-  crotchet our poem at night
we weave it in dreams incoherent
                             we must write it
                                must,  must, must, must . . . 

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October 19, 2018


Poetry/Free Verse/A Poet Must Brainstorm
Copyright Protected, ID 18-1072-614-01
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.


Written for the contest, Brainstorm
sponsor, John Hamilton

Second Place

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Constance La France November 16, 2018 at 11:23 PM Caren, thanks for visiting my poem and commenting, appreciate ~

Caren Krutsinger November 16, 2018 at 2:45 PM " this writing is a mania and urge we travel the calendar of our "cracked mind seeking inspiration- bright thoughts with instinctive delirium . .. " Magnificient enough-words have not yet been invented to suggest how wonderful this poem is, but this is a favorite part for me. Love the painting also.

Constance La France November 10, 2018 at 11:10 AM Thanks Nick for the visit and compliment, hey where have you been ?

Nick Trim November 10, 2018 at 5:51 AM Great write :)

Constance La France November 9, 2018 at 2:15 PM Thanks John, Sun, Michael, Kai, Darlene, and Robert for visiting my poem with comments and congratulations ~

Robert Lindley November 8, 2018 at 4:30 PM That you nailed it, comes as no great surprise to me my dear friend. That is so true, we must write! We need to express that which others keep hidden. And good poets do so to help others deal with life-show a common bond.. A fav my friend. Constance La France November 9, 2018 at 2:16 PM Thanks for the Fav

Darlene De Beaulieu November 6, 2018 at 6:04 PM Hello Dear Heart, yes we do write our feelings in poetry verse.We are inspired to write what our muse iforms us to create.

Kai Michael Neumann October 26, 2018 at 11:21 AM We must indeed. And your poem has so much insight and meaning, which I believe comes from sadness. 'A writer must be quite mind-fractured'. I guess I agree and the quality of all the winners' script proves the point. Congratulations on your deserved win, Kai

Anne-Lise Andresen October 25, 2018 at 1:55 PM - From deep in the soul's dark and "weave it in dreams incoherent" - Congratulations on this great poem, B.W. :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

John Hamilton October 25, 2018 at 12:44 PM A well said masterpiece Constance, congrats on a fine write and win!

Constance La France October 24, 2018 at 10:43 AM Thanks Eve, John, Ralph, ML, Christopher, and Jo for visiting my poem and for commenting, so appreciated ~

Joanna Daniel October 22, 2018 at 5:54 AM Well said, Broken Wings:)

Christopher Flaherty October 20, 2018 at 7:37 PM Brilliant Write. Stone Cold 7 For 2 things or reasons Ranting And Spontaneity In the moment Own it Love this its both great and true Well said

M. L. Kiser October 20, 2018 at 11:50 AM A well written piece of poetry with some great imagery and you've painted a great contemporary word-painting.

Ralph Sergi October 20, 2018 at 11:18 AM Beautiful brainstorm description and very contemporary!! My Compliments!

John Gondolf October 20, 2018 at 8:41 AM Much truth to what you say, Constance, when I first started writing I asked myself do I really want to bare my soul that way...but now those around me know me a bit better. Best of luck, Dear Heart. John

Eve Roper October 19, 2018 at 7:13 PM I love your explanation of the brainstorm ,,, good luck in the contest

Constance La France October 19, 2018 at 6:02 PM Thank you Victor, Paul and Andrea for visiting my poem and for the comments, I so appreciate ~

Andrea Dietrich October 19, 2018 at 3:36 PM I just saw the Halloween movie. It was pretty good!

Andrea Dietrich October 19, 2018 at 3:36 PM This is so very you, Dear Heart. You must must must keep writing and I know you will!! This theme is very difficult for me . I hope I have time this weekend to think up new poems. Keep your muse going. YOu just keep coming up with so many great poems, constance.

Paul Callus October 19, 2018 at 1:26 PM Impressive! You have expressed these thoughts with the ability of a true poet/ess, Constance! Brainstorming delivers! Regards // paul

Constance La France October 19, 2018 at 12:35 PM Thank you ML for visiting and for your wonderful comment, appreciate so much

M. L. Kiser October 19, 2018 at 12:06 PM Well this one's a "Fav" of mine now; I especially like the imagery of the lines: "we brainstorm the abyss of our thoughts" and "this writing is a mania and urge we travel the calendar of our cracked mind seeking inspiration-"; great piece of poetry!