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How Do the Great Poets Find Inspiration

What do the great poets think
  When they are spilling their ink
Please do not ask me, I wouldn't know
  My every stanza a river of woe

How do the great poets find
  Inspiration within their minds
I really haven't a clue
  My ideas get stuck in queue

What do the great poets do
  When the rhythm and flow isn't true
Once again, I'm at a total loss
  ~ Time for another cup of the sauce

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M. L. Kiser Date: 8/13/2020 5:00:00 PM I know a portraitist who paints magnificent nudes, but he has to be smashed to do it. Perhaps the sauce has it's benefits? Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/13/2020 6:02:00 PM Perhaps... Let's see. He is drinking tomato sauce? lol. Perhaps with a little 200-proof vodka squirted in 'just 'because.' Only one question: Do the models actually have to take off their clothes? --- or does the portraitist 'see them just fine' without that little technicality?! lol. :) gw

Kenneth Cheney Date: 8/12/2020 1:30:00 PM I think I shall start referring to my sauce as inspiration. Just one more wee dram of inspiration before bed. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/12/2020 7:00:00 PM How about wee-wee dram?... lol. Thanks, Kenneth! :) gw

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 8/12/2020 11:41:00 AM Hello Gershon Wolf, I know some of my inspirations come to me in dreams. Some from else where. Also other places. Enjoy your day my friend. Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 8/13/2020 6:00:00 AM Hello Gershon Wolf, You are welcome my friend. Enjoy your day my friend. Gershon Wolf Date: 8/12/2020 7:01:00 PM Some of my inspirations come from you and other poets too! Thanks, Darlene! :) gw

Jenish Somadas Date: 8/12/2020 2:54:00 AM Now I'm at a total loss.. A great poet is confused on his own inspiration.. lol.. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/12/2020 6:56:00 PM Huh? What? Where's a great poet? I don't see a great poet. Did Aditi Mishra just walk in the room. Your comments are just over my head, I guess.... Thanks, my friend. Nice of you to say such kind words about me. :) gw

Caren Krutsinger Date: 8/12/2020 12:08:00 AM The ending is pretty clear; even though I had forgotten that we ever called it that. Smirk. Smirk. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/12/2020 6:43:00 PM Saucy comment, Caren! Perhaps you've forgotten about the usage of 'sauce' --- now that you're hooked on weed!! lol. Remember: Don't eat the yellow snow, and don't smoke the dandelions!! Smiles, Gershon

Timothy Mcguire Date: 8/11/2020 9:23:00 PM I like Gershon! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/12/2020 6:41:00 PM How about another two cups of ye olde sauce, my friend? ~ 12-Step Sammy

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 8/11/2020 7:45:00 PM Tee hee! So witty and amusing. I loved this poem, which simply couldn't be about you, Gershon. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/11/2020 9:09:00 PM Ha, ha! I love the subtle way you expressed your understanding so perfectly, Evelyn -- that, in fact and of course, it was all about me!! lol. Seriously, thanks for not gloating or rubbing it in!! Appreciated. :) gw