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Leave My Feet In Poetry Now Firmly Planted

Leave My Feet In Poetry Now Firmly Planted

I tried, compose a revelation poem about truth
Did that in earnest, in my wild but honest youth
But with mind fighting a stone wall nothing came forth
it was as if I fought as South against the North.

My brain had shifted into a deep murky haze
I was prisoner chained by a dark-cast craze
Each dawn I rose against a grey, terrible front
All my verses came out silly or rudely blunt
Aggravating, torturous to the nth degree
I gave it a go, took a vacation to flee
Not a damn clever thing I tried seemed to work
I ended up thinking am I fool and a jerk
Failed, threw my hands up and said, to hell with it
I cried out, had me a bad uncontrollable fit
I took a short vacation to a white sand beach
Seeking again, to my ran away muse to reach
As the ocean waves into my soul did soft splash
I ran around shopping spending loads of green-cash
Soon I forgot about all by having good fun
Rose each new dawn saluting the rising gold sun
Eight days, my time was spent exploring deeper life
Soon gone was any shred of hardship or dire strife
That morn, I rose seeing sun's sweeter golden rays
I discovered a much truer life in newer ways
That very night I sat down with pen in my hand
Out like magic beautiful words about this land
And then in another poem sweet love of true youth
Verses and verses slung about love and bold truth
Then it hit me thus, my angel muse had return
No more trashy stale words would I have to now burn
My muse told me she left to a hard lesson teach
She came back not because of words I did beseech
She came back when I had forgotten to her so love
So she left me to deal with dark world's push and shove.

That cool night, I wrote a superb poem on true love.
And if I were writing hand, muse is my dear glove.
Swearing never again, to my muse take for granted
I leave feet in poetry, now firmly planted.

Robert J. Lindley, Rhyme
Last edited by Tyr-Ziu Saxnot; Today at 10:14 AM.

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Christina Bowring Date: 9/19/2023 6:51:00 AM Good day dear Robert. This is an amazing poem as always. As SO says, you rhyme perfectly my friend. I love the clever title. I can so easily relate to this gem as very often, I’m composing a poem and get writers block! I can be stuck on a stanza or even a few words for a long time and then suddenly- off I go again! I love the line,’As the ocean waves into my soul did soft splash ‘ in particular- what a gorgeous poetic line! Also love the last stanza, in particular, the last line( title). Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 9/19/2023 3:19:00 PM Thank you, so very much my good friend. And especially so for the fav too. This was truly written about a time when I had a long writer block. Which was a wicked and horrifying thing for me. God bless you. Christina Bowring Date: 9/19/2023 6:54:00 AM PS- forgot to say it’s a fav for me Robert :) Christina Bowring Date: 9/19/2023 6:52:00 AM Superb my talented poetic friend as always :)

Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/18/2023 5:51:00 PM Love the final verse! Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 9/19/2023 5:07:00 AM Thank you, my good friend. I dearly hated those times my muse left me. But thank God it does not happened often. God bless you.

Silent One Date: 9/18/2023 12:23:00 PM how sad others do not read your poems my friend.. this one is great storytelling deep and emotive and you have always been great with rhymes...love that last stanza.. i bet you have written many superb poems about love.. take care. Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 9/18/2023 1:28:00 PM Thank you, my good friend. I do not write for the few but rather the many. Those that read and do not comment. As long as this poem , entertains, inspires and maybe in some way helps another person I am golden with its just being, I am fine with its reception here.. God bless you my very good friend.