Ideas Came In Hard and Fast

Ideas came in hard. They came in fast.
They opened my dream, and gave me a blast.
Big Bluegill laughed, and sent me quickly home
In my day state, to write a gentle poem.

Few original ideas now, for they did not come in slow.
I remember some of the amazing end lines, but not in a row.
I could not see the clock, when my sleepy eyes fluttered.
What time is it, Alexa? I wondered and muttered.

“It is one oh two, a.m.,” she sang out bright and clear.
The prettiest voice, she is always ready and near.
We have an Alexa or an Amazon in every single room. 
She is great company for you, tells jokes, but let us resume.

The insistent wake-up poem in my head, the one that woke me up….
Where did it go? Who has it? Will it be THE poem, Finn name of Huck?
And will another author get the credit? Maybe they should.  
Was it ever really mine? And frankly, was it even that good?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 4/24/2019 11:57:00 PM
If you wrote it; it's great! No matter how we slice it...we won't find anything bad. Write!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/25/2019 3:08:00 PM
M.L.,you are such a promoter for me. Love that!
Date: 4/24/2019 11:57:00 AM
It's great, Caren. It's really great. I see the process. Things come along from nothing. The poetry. No, the metapoetry.
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Kurt Ravidas
Date: 4/25/2019 7:39:00 AM
God must be laughing too, when he came up with this world)
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/24/2019 10:34:00 PM
It is hilarious to me that I can come up with anything at all any more. I laugh at myself often.
Date: 4/24/2019 4:59:00 AM
How many poems are lost over hunting for a pen and paper. My inspiration often hits me in the shower. I can relate. : )
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/24/2019 10:35:00 PM
I wake up hearing the last two or three lines of a poem, and forgetting most of it, which is a bit irritating.
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