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In the Shower

In the shower, in the shower
It all hits me with such power
While shampooing my long hair
As I soap up body....fair? ;)
There where laptop's not in sight
Words explode like dynamite!!!
There where my back needs a rub
When I don't dare leave the tub
There in my soapy sudsy best
Words assail me without rest
When I need my legs to shave
Words assault me, strong and brave
While my hands glide here and there
Poetic soul itself will bare
Poems of the "bardy" type
Come to mind with lots of hype 
Once I'm done and towel dry
Can't write a thing, though hard I try!
Now I have this silly rhyme
I must increase my shower time
Or have someone just sitting there
Who has some time for me to spare
Someone who's fast on the keys
If you're the one, then tell me please
You're hired here, right on the spot
You'll be my scribe, "Forget Me Not."

Eileen

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Paul Callus Date: 12/19/2014 10:53:00 AM Like Charm I'm inspired by dark cosy places...in bed late at night...sitting at the back of a bus...while swimming alone in late summer...on a plane....in an empty church..! I'll make the perfect scribe...deaf, dumb and blind:) no monkeying around! // paul Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/23/2014 1:21:00 AM Sorry for this late reply to your post on In the Shower... ;) Like you and Charmaine, I also get inspired in nice and quiet places....in bed. However, I do take my happy pill in the morning...and I guess that, and the fact that I'm a morning person, both help to inspire me. Showering before classes....it all starts to take effect. ;) If you promise no monkeying around...then you've got the job! ;)

Charmaine Chircop Date: 12/19/2014 6:12:00 AM I'm usually inspired in the kitchen : )..I might be filling up a turkey and thinking poetry .Another place is in bed very late at night..Usually dark cosy places inspire the romantic ones.In my car whilst driving..Yes ..but cant write it downn many times.In the shower I try to relax..but once in a while it happens there as well : ) Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/23/2014 1:22:00 AM We all have different times when our muses come to visit. ;) Glad to know a bit more about when yours visit you, Charma. Hope you have a lovely Christmas. Hugs...

David Meade Date: 12/18/2014 5:23:00 PM OK, I volunteer to be the scribe . . . I am hard of hearing so you will have to yell or I could get waterproof hearing aids!! I do some of my best writing in my head -- usually out running when pen and pad are out of sight!! Here's to shower writing!! Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/23/2014 1:23:00 AM Waterproof hearing aids, indeed! ;) You made me smile with this comment on my In the Shower poem, David. :) Hope all is well with you, my dear. Hugs Charmaine Chircop Date: 12/19/2014 6:13:00 AM : )

Richard Lamoureux Date: 12/18/2014 4:47:00 PM Ha ha, this is perfect. I can relate, sometimes it also happens when I am out and about and there is no pen in sight. Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/18/2014 4:50:00 PM ;) It sure beat being in the shower. I'm up and it's almost 1:00am. Why? Words were just pouring into my head and I didn't want them to get away this time. I lost about three poems in the shower yesterday...or was that this morning. I can't remember!