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Let The Muse Snooze

Let the muse snooze!
The poor dear having been
drained of all rhyme in search
of reason…

Let the muse have a day
of rest...when, regenerated
he will be closer his best…

But don’t let the muse confess --
that he relies on a higher address…
maybe even, an all inspiring Jesus

He let his muse snooze…
what the heck, his muse
long played, the author
tried dealing word-cards 
from his own pictured deck.  

He dealt a rhyme, in manic time,
thinking himself a Carson City gambler  

then a bandit with a slot marked dime
realizing himself a trite rambler 

Then played a horn

and beat a drum….

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/9/2024 1:40:00 PM

This is an enjoyable and clever write.Some of your remarks to comments below made me giggle

Joe Dimino
Date: 3/10/2024 7:59:00 AM

Hi Andrea; thank you, giggles are good. Have a beautiful day!

Silent One

Date: 3/9/2024 11:29:00 AM

This is very clever and your formatting of the poem made it even better... the muse is very powerful indeed..

Joe Dimino
Date: 3/10/2024 8:01:00 AM

Thank you, Si; where would we be without them, helping us find ourselves in them and them in us? Blessings my friend.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 3/9/2024 7:16:00 AM

You conveyed well, my friend, the power of muse. It has its own mind--we can't control it. I liked the wordplay and the dialogue, Joe. May be the muse must return now to do what it does best.

Joe Dimino
Date: 3/9/2024 7:22:00 AM

I'm helpless without such mystical-like influence. Thought I actually saw my muse once, in the flesh, raiding the refrigerator at night. When I switched the kitchen light~ it was gone...and so was my leftover thick-crust pizza. Must be a Sicilian muse. Thank you, Vijay.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 3/8/2024 8:56:00 PM

The muse is interesting. I liked this poem. I guess the horn playing and drum beating means the day of rest is over.

Joe Dimino
Date: 3/9/2024 7:10:00 AM

You got it! Thank you, Hilda -- I was starting to think that I should of woke the Muse before I started writing this poem:) Blessings my friend.