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Creative Train of Thought

I think I won’t write any poems today Let some ideas fester and come to term It’s not that I don’t have anything to say. Many of my thoughts make me squirm Some ideas, temporarily lost, will return Let some ideas fester and come to term. Rarely do I have an idea I totally spurn Before I lose my creative train of thought Some ideas, temporarily lost, will return. Sometimes ideas erupt in full-blown plot, And I am forced to stop everything to write Before I lose my creative train of thought. My experiences are often the poet’s plight When inspiration strikes with no warning And I am forced to stop everything to write. Even when idle, creative ideas are aborning I think I won’t write any poems today, When inspiration strikes with no warning It’s not that I don’t have anything to say.
Written July 11, 2022

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Date: 7/12/2022 5:17:00 AM
Did you, or didn't you? I don't know Milt. Looks pretty "poetty" to me LOL. Great write and oh so true! Linda
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 7/12/2022 7:41:00 AM
Thank you, Linda. Got your attention, didn't I?
Date: 7/11/2022 8:49:00 PM
I like how you kept reiterating this "I think I won’t write any poems today," as you wrote this spectacular little number.
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 7/12/2022 7:41:00 AM
Thanks, Caren. It was an interesting way to start, wasn't it?
Date: 7/11/2022 3:13:00 PM
Sometimes a tiny spark of an idea hits you and just keeps on growing until you have the bare bones then you spend some time adding the flesh, then polishing to perfection. Tom
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 7/11/2022 3:42:00 PM
Ah, yes! I long for those times, Tom. Thanks!
Date: 7/11/2022 12:18:00 PM
Sometimes my brain is in such a muddle I don’t even have any thoughts to scuttle Much less a witty, clever rebuttal
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 7/11/2022 12:49:00 PM
Oh, I certainly can relate to that, Jeff, vis a vis this poem!
Date: 7/11/2022 12:10:00 PM
Should I pretend you didn't write this poem today? If so, pretend I didn't comment on its creative train of thought.
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 7/11/2022 12:50:00 PM
As you wish, my dear. Thanks!

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