Behind Closed Doors

Intriguing thought begins to waltz, 
With baby steps, timid and coy, 
Twirling into a master ploy -
It hesitates and then it halts…

The thought is tamed, the game is on, 
Fervid, wild word search is in play;
The frantic quill redrafts all day, 
The mind’s in frenzy, dusk to dawn. 

Masterpoem is to be born! 
Or is it vehemently verbose? 
One despised doubt… it hither goes - 
Into the waste bin, gravely torn! 

Genious has his highs and lows -
The price of greatness, I suppose!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Evangeline Avatar
February 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is exactly how I write, haha. And of course there's the age-old question of whether a poetry is eloquent and loaded with rich imagery, or a cringeworthy combination of meaningless metaphors haphazardly stitched together.
Lillico  Avatar
February 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We r more the same than different after all:)
Pettit Avatar
February 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Impressive descriptiveness and rhyming in this piece.
Mckeithan Avatar
January 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Nice one. You hit the nail on the head. Poets write good poems and bad ones. Thank goodness for delete on the Word document.
Lillico  Avatar
January 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
That’s it! Trash bin! :)
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