Jeff Kyser Poet Rhyme

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Of late, my muse: needy.
A truce or a treaty
it seems is in order.
The flow, rather meager,
unwilling, not eager,
a poetic hoarder.

It's coming and going;
it's fun when it's flowing.
It's frustrating knowing
fatigue has been showing
and output is slowing:
a single oar rowing.

The brain needs a resting,
from rhyming and jesting,
The cells need recharging,
expanding, enlarging.

I'll pause the keyboarding
hop the excavator,
get the engines roaring,
come back again later.

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Gary Radice March 30, 2022 at 1:25 AM Hi Jeff. Whenever I struggle to put a poem together I tend to go back to earlier poems and 1) Re edit them 2) Rewrite them 3) Re publish them. Strangely ideas just pop into my head when I'm in the shower or taking a walk. The irony here of course in that writing about having difficulty finding your muse, you have found it in this clever poem. Cheers - Gary Jeff Kyser March 30, 2022 at 3:33 AM Hi Gary, thanks for the ideas. I've been reading more of what others have written and that has triggered some ideas too. I don't seem to have a problem with the short jingles, but I'd like to be writing something a bit more serious. Oh well, patience, grasshopper...

L Milton Hankins March 29, 2022 at 8:49 AM Good way to think about it. Every brain needs a rest now and then, I say.

Suzanne Delaney March 29, 2022 at 5:32 AM Hi Jeff: Fatigue or stress- the muse hides away. I have been forcing mine out by playing a word sketch game with her. I pick 4 words from a list and choose a form to try with them. It has unblocked me a bit. I can share the list if you wish. Best, SuZ Jeff Kyser March 29, 2022 at 5:53 AM Thanks, Suzanne - yes, the different forms, and the short stuff is helpful. I'd prefer to be writing the long epics, but apparently, they are few and far between.