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An Empty Page

Empty thoughts loiter in his mind As new words he tries to find But shackled by an absent muse No words come forth for him to choose His wizened face now wears a frown And the cartridge of his ink has dried He searches the silence for a clue But it fails to elicit a response His mordacious muse now prefers To leave him without a horde of words To trifle with him at this stage And leave him with an empty page .. 3/23/17

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Heidi Sands

Date: 7/24/2017 4:36:00 PM

This one is great Joseph :)

John Hamilton

Date: 4/9/2017 1:34:00 PM

Great poem Joseph, congrats on a great placement!

Joseph May
Date: 4/9/2017 3:28:00 PM

Thank you for my placement John

John Michaels

Date: 4/9/2017 2:36:00 AM

Our muses are fickle creatures and sometimes like to taunt us with those empty pages! Fortunately yours was in fine form for this contest! Congratulations on your win!

Donna Roberts

Date: 4/8/2017 8:34:00 PM

Congratulations Joseph ..you nailed it

Paul Callus

Date: 3/29/2017 7:23:00 AM

Fortunately this page has not been left empty, Joseph! You tackled this challenge superbly. gl in the contest. Regards // paul

Deborah Burch

Date: 3/28/2017 6:13:00 PM

Your muse are teasing you!! ;) this is well done...smooth. Big Hugggs deb

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 3/28/2017 3:09:00 PM

You have really captured the feelings we have when inspiration doesn't come. If we can think of just one good line, the rest usually follow. Until then, we stare at that "Empty Page." Best wishes in the contest, Joseph! Well done

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/24/2017 9:49:00 PM

I really like this, Joseph. According to the contest, this would be a good thing for him because poetry is outlawed anyway! I have no clue how to do that theme!!