Blocked

Blocked

Immaculate
Like virgin snow
Untouched
By human hands
Or pen
I stare
At the stark white sheet
Where are the words
Not a clue
No words in my head
Words
Like bricks
Tumbling out of
A muddled mind
Building structures
Tarnishing
The white carpet
Beneath
But hey!
What's this?
A page full of words
Forming a pattern
Coming from within
Gracing the chaste white paper
I am blocked
No more.

By Carol Keys

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Skat A

Date: 1/28/2016 11:31:00 AM

GOOD TO HEAR AND READ. SKAT

Jan Allison

Date: 5/20/2014 5:03:00 PM

I never sit and try and write a poem i just wait for the inspiration to hit -usually its at silly o'clock like 3am lol really like this clever write. HugsJan xxx

Carol Keys
Date: 5/22/2014 4:34:00 AM

Thanks Jan attended a workshop about writers block and this is what I came up with. Glad you like it. I'm new to poetrysoup so am still finding my way around the site. Thanks again for your kind words. Carol x

Monterey Sirak

Date: 5/20/2014 5:44:00 AM

Creative write on having no words. Sometimes it seems they are hiding or all come out to play at once and you don't know what to grab first.

Carol Keys
Date: 5/22/2014 4:44:00 AM

Sorry for the double reply. I am still getting used to this site and the first reply 'disappeared'. I thought I'd erased it, hence the second reply. I will find my way around this site though lol Carol x

Carol Keys
Date: 5/22/2014 4:42:00 AM

Thanks Monterey it was fun to write and it shows we can do it even if we feel blocked. Carol x

Carol Keys
Date: 5/22/2014 4:37:00 AM

Thanks Monterey it was fun to write. It's amazing how many words are in our minds when we think they are not, so the advice is 'just write'. That's what I did. Thanks for reading my work Carol x