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Overcoming Writers Slump




What is your excuse for not writing today?
Come now, is it…“my Muse has gone away?”
Or …the feeble.” I just have no inspiration?”
A feeble excuse for a lack participation.

Here is a  tip tp get your creative pen to flow.
Once it begins  to move, it is your show!
Like a powerful  lawn mower, the pen will go.
Look at you~creating, writing and all aglow.


                      12/29/2023

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Fowler Avatar
January 1, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Yep...no excuses. Just write! :)
Romios Avatar
January 5, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Exactlu. I unferstand people have illness or heavy worl loads..i was simply addessing the ones who blame Muses.. it swas a simple srarement, i no lomger looj at poetry that is is somehind I must do daily or else.thats goofy. Nobody writes a great oem daily, it mayy be good , yes. Great No.thats how I see myself. Pangie
Wolf Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 9:42 PM
Great reminder. It all starts with one word. ~ Step-by-step, as Curly, Moe and Larry used to say.
Romios Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 10:15 PM
Its an OK poem, I guess…but I expect far betterof myself. I am very hard on my work Speaking of the three Stooges…do you mean, Mayorcass,l Blinken, and El Presidente of Mexico? Pangie ~
Greenhough Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 8:37 AM
You summed it up beautifully. Poetry is work, but it's fun work. I'm inspired.
Romios Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Hello Miss Hilda, and almost 2924! I really your commentssM Thank you for beiso consistent. I am not always consistent as you know, but know that you’re in my heart all the time. Happy New Year.. Pangie.
Elliott Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 4:18 AM
Wondrous and encouraging poem, Pangie. You have penned superbly. xxxx
Romios Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Regina. I wish that I could feel the way that you do about my poetry.. I’m terribly hard on my self. That is very stupid of me because I get in trou comparing myself to other writers and thinking they’re way better and I’m far less. That’s ridiculous! That old saying from the Popeye cartoon is the best. “I am who I am and that’s all that I am.” Happy new year to you, my friend and thank you.. Pangie
Jones Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 12:47 AM
I need to read your poem daily! It’s uplifting and inspiring. Since I have been practicing playing piano my poetry seems to suffer. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it! lol Love this and it’s a fav
Romios Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 8:50 AM
Now, Karen! Please do not berate yourself! Poetry, in Greece sung or recited orally !Tthe more you read other FAMOUS writers and play piano, the better your poetry gets (my mentor, the author of 87 books plus writing for a newspaper told me that. I post less than I actually write))) the point is..simply to write as the imahe said to do. I got over posting 10 a day! It takes 9 years to be a substantial poet. I’m not even near that.. just do my best. New Year’s wishes to you. Hugs, Pangie
Cunningham Avatar
December 29, 2023 at 10:34 PM
We all have those can't be bothered days, but if you don't put pen to paper it will never come. Love the quote by My favourite western writer, I've read all of his books. Happy New year to you and your family. Tom
Romios Avatar
December 30, 2023 at 8:31 AM
Happy New Year to the Conninghams, one and all. Glad you appreciate his works, Tom. That imadge carries a mesage that is crsystal clear and profound! It is prractically, engraved on my brain.LOL..i write whenever I can. PS, heard about Russia bombing the Ukraine. My sympathies to those people! Thanks Tom
Fisher Avatar
December 29, 2023 at 5:26 PM
I like your cues on getting the flow going. Also, an apt pic and quote above. Would writing a check with a fictional amount on it count, lol. I guess writing silliness(mine about the check) still counts as writing?
Romios Avatar
December 29, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Roflmau. Writing or kiting a check with NSF ffunds can be pricey in the end! BTW, I have a passion for that image. I think it’s so dang true it’s almost silly to even post it.. but there are many here who have all kinds of excuses,)) the less we write the less we .learn. And I realize we have limits of one kind or another. . Ajways fun to gear from you,Dave…Pangie
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