Poetry

I'm lost in the maze of words,
My thoughts flying wildly,
Like a flock of frightened birds.
Sometimes inspiration races like an express train,
Other times I'm stuck,
A constipation of the O Almighty Brain.
Trying to think of a clever rhyme,
Racking my brain from morning till bed time.
Confused by haikus, sonnets and odes,
Can't find my style, quiet or bold?
Failing to find the rhythm, the beat,
Hanging my head in total defeat.
Ah, I tell myself, but it needn't be so,
For poetry can simply be letting the words from your heart flow.
I don't have to use metaphors, similes, alliteration,
They are constraints, a cage.
I will look to my heart for inspiration,
And let the words run across the page
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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October 10, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Nice reflection on writing. Welcome to Poetry Soup! I hope you enjoy your time spent with us. Best wishes with your writing. Karen
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October 10, 2008 at 5:19 PM
that is what poetry is all about, just letting the words flow and sometimes it hits you and you have to stop what you are doing, to write it down so that you do not forget, just do your thing and everything else will follow, but it's nice to try different poems, that is what I have been doing, nice write welcome to the soup, take care D-nyce
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October 9, 2008 at 8:52 AM
enjoyed your write here on the soup there are so many who fill the same, keep on writing on.
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October 9, 2008 at 6:49 AM
Your poem captures the way I often feel when writing! Nice work! ~Carrie
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