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Creating a Poem With Pen On Paper

Here i sit on the loveseat Which is my writing place Slash and the computer I sit in stillness and ponder Which seems like long hours Wondering what poetry form I will create next yet No idea comes to mind So I sleep on it all night The Ghost writer speaks She gives me a title On paper i write By my night table Then I sleep again Pondering my thoughts So with the pen and paper The pen wrote these words A poem created Ready for submit On the coumputer

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William Darnell Sr.

Date: 6/8/2022 7:30:00 AM

Hi, Darlene! I love it, great penning, Ms. Darlene. Sometimes it takes me months to write a poem and I have poems I've written unfinished in a notebook on my phone in there. Of course, my phone is with me if I go out somewhere, and sometimes I'll be in the art store, and something comes to mind all of a sudden, so I stop in the middle of the aisle and write it down and I'll get strange looks, but I'm compelled to look at them and say, I'm a writer and a new poem come to thought. So, if I don't write it down, I forget. Haha, gave a Great Day, ladies. Best of Wishes, William

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 6/8/2022 10:34:00 AM

Hello William Darnell Sr., I always carry a small note book with me. i do not have an I phone. When an idea comes I write it down no matter where i am. From that idea I create a poem. Or get ideas foe the computer. Like you if I do not write it down i forget. Sometimes I wake up with an idea. Best woshes William. --Darlene

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 2/22/2022 10:27:00 PM

Sometimes those words come to us at the oddest hours don't they?! I should sleep with my pen and paper at my side. There have been times I woke with songs in my mind, and was too sleepy to go find something to write them down with, and they were lost. I love this, many of us can relate!

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/23/2022 8:53:00 AM

Hello B.J. Kelly ,yes those words do come to us at the oddest hours. I also sleep with a pen and paper by my side. I wake up to write a tittle down and do a poem the next day. This happens often. I am happy to heart that many of you can relate. .Enjoy your day my friend. Hugs.

Lon Wartman

Date: 2/13/2022 9:42:00 AM

Nicely written I do much the same lon

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/13/2022 12:34:00 PM

Hello Lon, So nice to meet you. It is nice to know we do the same thing. Enjoy your day my friend.

Robert Gorelick

Date: 2/9/2022 5:34:00 PM

Muses whisper in my sleep as well, Darlene De Beaulieu...Sleep well!

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/10/2022 6:41:00 AM

Hello Robert Gorelick, yes the muses do whisper while we sleep. Thank you. Sleep well Robert. Enjoy your day my friend.

Hilo Poet

Date: 2/6/2022 1:29:00 PM

As life moves forward, many who kept up with the times find themselves on-board the train than underneath on its tracks, Darlene. It's good knowing that your creativity indulges your depths and that it finds itself in our hi-tech world to inform the masses for pleasure's sake my friend, Aloha, aka William~moving forward in life.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/6/2022 4:33:00 PM

Hello William |Hilo Poet,| It is so nice to meet you. thank you William for this lovely comment. I enjoy to be creative. Aloha! Darlene

David Smith

Date: 2/6/2022 1:10:00 PM

Important for would be poets to read this. It highlights fact we can try too hard and inspiration can not be forced. Sometimes I start off to write a poem on one subject and end up with one on a completely different subject. Poetry is as varied and unique as the people who write it. PS our grandson turned on the 2nd. Have a great week. David in NZ

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/6/2022 4:40:00 PM

Hello David Smith, that is right inspiration can not be forced. I look at the tittles i have written and sometimes can not get a poem from it. So I wait for the muse to tell me the poem. Then I create my poem. I hope your grandson had a very nice birthday party. Cheers. Darlene

Sotto Poet

Date: 2/6/2022 8:26:00 AM

Darlene, you've written an excellent poem. For me, I write in the quietest times of the night, lie down, and wake with alternate concepts that elevate my work to a higher level. I feel that this is a systematic method of finding motivation with me.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/6/2022 11:29:00 AM

Hello Lasaad, yes Lasaad, this system seems to work out very well for you. I wake up to write a tittle for my poetry then write the poem the next day. Blessings my friend.

Arjun Jangid

Date: 2/6/2022 5:55:00 AM

Without ideas you wrote an awesome poem. Lovely

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/6/2022 11:25:00 AM

Hello Arjun, I ho[e all is well with you. Thank you for the lovely comment. Blessings my friend.

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 2/5/2022 4:48:00 PM

Hello Darlene ... oh yes, searching for that topic and putting down that first line take up more time than writing the complete poem, but what a way to spend our time - thank you Darlene - Lindsay

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/6/2022 11:32:00 AM

Hello Laurie, Yes searching for the topic does take up time , Then deciding what the first line would be. It is a lovely way to spend the time. Your welcome Laurie. Hugs.

Karen Croft

Date: 2/4/2022 6:23:00 PM

oh yes the joy of not knowing what to write. I just look around jot down ideas and then put everything together. great job!

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/5/2022 7:12:00 AM

Hello Karen,I do that sometimes myself. Thank yu for the lovely comment. hugd.

Bill Baker

Date: 2/4/2022 4:25:00 PM

Lots of notes in the morning for me to read and use as prompts. Thanks for sharing your routine with us, Darlene. Hugs, Bill

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/4/2022 4:37:00 PM

Also I just type the poem the way it is. Hugs. Darlene

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/4/2022 4:36:00 PM

Hello Bill, I write down my prompts .I create my poems on paper then when I submit my poem notice I change a few lines as i type. it happens often. Your poetess friend Darlene

Paulette Calasibetta

Date: 2/4/2022 1:48:00 PM

I believe this is a common way to find inspiration. I write, fall asleep, and awaken in he darkest hours of the night; with alternate thoughts that take my poem to a different level. Certainly there is a spiritual side to our writing, and it comes in the stillness when our senses are not disturbed by the realities that crowd our day. Very poignant piece! :)Paulette

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/4/2022 4:41:00 PM

Hello Paulette, yes Paulette, yes i have noticed that ideas do come when we are asleep. Only mine comes in the tittles. then create a poem the next day. Hugs.

Joe Dimino

Date: 2/3/2022 5:27:00 PM

Lovely, spiritual way of writing. Most of my writing is done lying in bed. I use pencil for ink stops flowing upside down. Often I will sleep awhile then wake up. My best hours for writing seem to begin around 2 in the morning. I love the quiet of the night, feeling closer to my mystic source. Joe.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/4/2022 10:50:00 AM

Hello Joe DiMino, Thank you Joe. I do not write in bed. Only jot down the title. Then write the poem the next day.I write the tittle on paper then go back to sleep. I never know when this happens. All I know it is early morning. It could be 2A.M. I am not certain. yes this would make you feel closer to your mystic self. Darlene.

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 2/3/2022 3:33:00 PM

I think writing on paper is one of the best methods for bringing out your silent muse, Darlene. We have all done this, its much more profound and the worse that come out of us, are meaningful and authentic, no computer over does, lol, I love it. :)

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/3/2022 3:48:00 PM

Hello Mystic Rose, Rose, I always do my poetry on paper with a pen. When i get the poem right i then type it out on add a poem. So everyone can read. Hugs & Blessings.

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 2/3/2022 11:31:00 AM

Dear Darlene, I really enjoyed your lovely poem. "So I sleep on it all night The Ghost writer speaks" - what an amazing confession! I wish I had a pen like yours - "The pen wrote these words". Love and hugs ~ Mala

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/3/2022 3:51:00 PM

Hello Mala, Thank you Mala. I never know when the ghost writer comes when she does I get ideas to create my poetry. Love& Friendship Darlene

Len Gasun

Date: 2/2/2022 10:22:00 PM

Oh, I can relate. I wonder why I can also come up with idea after waking up in the morning. I enjoyed reading your awesome poem my dear friend, Darlene. Thanks for sharing.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/3/2022 10:53:00 AM

Hello Len, it is your muse that is telling you the idea for your poetry. Your welcome. Enjoy your day my dear friend. Darlene.

Ann Peck

Date: 2/2/2022 1:29:00 PM

Some of my best poetic thoughts come when I'm in bed for the night! I wonder why that is. Anyhow, your poem speaks to a lot of us who write poems. I enjoyed reading it :)

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 2:42:00 PM

Hello Ann peck, When I am in a deep sleep is when my muse wakes me up. So then I write the title and do the poem the next day. Thank you for the lovely comment. Hugs.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 2/2/2022 12:25:00 PM

Ditto exactly on what Jennifer said. We have to be ready when our muse is. Have a blessed Lunar New Year of the Tiger. Blessings xxoo

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 2:40:00 PM

Hello Connie, thank you. I wish you the same. yes we have t be ready when our muse is.. Blessings xxoo.

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 2/2/2022 10:43:00 AM

Oh gosh I know that feeling and I also do what you do, have a pen a notebook by my bedside table and often write thoughts down during the night . Lovely poem to which I can easily relate, hugs and love darling Darlene, Jennifer.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 10:58:00 AM

Hello Jennifer, I know that feeling well to. i always have a pen and paper by my bedside. Thank you for the lovely comment. Love & Hugs to you my friend.

Valerie Staton

Date: 2/2/2022 10:32:00 AM

I usually get my ideas when I sleep and then race out of bed to write it down before I forget. Thanks for writing this lovely poem. Enjoyed reading.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 10:39:00 AM

Hello Vallerie Staton, so ne to meet you. I think when we sleep that is when the ideas coms.Your welcome. Enjoy your day my friend.

Delice Arleen Skelly

Date: 2/2/2022 7:38:00 AM

Darlene, Your right, whenever an idea strikes one needs to get it down straight away, otherwise it will vanish into thin air…Delice

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 10:32:00 AM

Hello Delice, yes that is right. Sometimes this happens to me. I now write down a title then do my poem. From the title i have an idea what to create. Hugs. Darlene

Mike Gentile

Date: 2/2/2022 6:20:00 AM

So interesting Darlene, how we find our Muse! Mine also comes to me at night or the wee hours of the morning! Great write! Happy Wednesday xxoo

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 10:34:00 AM

Hello Mike, yes Mike it is interesting how we find our muse. Mine wakes me up to write a title then I go back to sleep. Write the poem the next day. Happy Wednesday. xxxx-oooo.

Joanna Daniel

Date: 2/2/2022 5:50:00 AM

Sometimes we need to sleep on it, once the mind is refreshed, thoughts flow freely, you have said it aptly, Darlene:)

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 10:36:00 AM

Hello Jo Daniel, thank you for this wonderful comment. Enjoy your day my friend. Hugs.

Deb M

Date: 2/2/2022 2:29:00 AM

What a lovely poem Darlene….one we can all relate too. Debx

William Darnell Sr.
Date: 6/8/2022 8:32:00 AM

Hello, Deb, pleasure to meet you, and Ms. Darlene, one of my biggest commenters. Forgive my intrusion here, but I love Neil Young and Harvest Moon, released, in 1992, is an excellent song and one of my favorite songs Neils wrote, along with Old Man, released in 1972. I'm also an artist and drew his picture from a nightclub, Mountain House, that he and the band were in, and his wife was there and shows them dancing, and it was just serene and blissful. But from a clip, I saved from the video. I will try to upload it in a bit. There, all three of us have two things in common, "being a muse and Neil Young.” I find that to be awesomely refreshing, ladies! Take care writers, and have a Great Blessed Day! Best of Wishes, William

Deb M
Date: 2/2/2022 4:05:00 PM

Are you still dancing to Harvest Moon Darlene? I listen to Neil Young CDs Darlene and I always think of you now when I hear that song and have a little dance !! Love it Darlene. Debx

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 5:36:00 AM

Hello Deb, yes this a poem wa all can relate to. Darlenex

John Read

Date: 2/2/2022 1:27:00 AM

I do believe the best poems magically appear when we don't try to hard.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 2/2/2022 5:38:00 AM

Hello John, yes I believe this as well. That is when the words flow onto the paper. Enjoy your day my friend.