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A Poet's Lament

  Inspiration has fled me
    Hard toil has bled me 
  Desperation has led me
    to my current snafu… 

  Frustration has fed me
    Neuroses have shred me
  No one has read me
    no one save you… 

  Here’s what I’m hoping
    That we’ll be eloping 
  Else there’s no coping
   ~ my life will be through

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Jim Slaughter

Date: 4/7/2024 9:54:00 AM

If you're talking about "writer's block", G, I don't believe in it. Sometimes your bucket is full and sometimes it's empty...that's all.

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 3/31/2024 7:44:00 AM

Straight on brother, it will come back. ;);)

Don Iannone

Date: 3/30/2024 9:09:00 AM

Hi Gershon, "A Poet's Lament" captures the despair and isolation of a poet struggling with writer's block, where the absence of inspiration and recognition has driven the poet to a point of desperation. The poet's final hope lies in a deeply personal connection, hinting at salvation through understanding and acceptance from a singular, attentive reader. I would add help also from one's wise 'Inner Poet.' Cheers, Don

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 3/29/2024 7:51:00 AM

Very enjoyable write, but many poets not often writing, we throw in our lines, but seems sometimes nobody is biting, oh well, lets hope the next write will strike like a bolt of lightening, but i like all your poems find them enlightening. Hugs, blessings. Jennifer.

John Lawless

Date: 3/29/2024 6:55:00 AM

the Lamentation Two Step.....a trembling keyboard awaiting a partner.....