Poetry Was No Longer My Thing

I decided that poetry was no longer my thing
Ideas were not coming, falling off my back, sliding onto my desk.
I shut down my computer and stopped thinking of words.
My list-making ceased. I was done. It was over. Kaput.
This lasted about three days, but then bam.
The muses were back in full force, and I began filling up notebooks.
I had to have a place to put these missives.
What better place than Poetry Soup?
So forty-nine hours later, I was back.
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De Beaulieu Avatar
August 5, 2021 at 4:52 PM
Hello Caren, sometimes writer's block last a short time or longer. i am always looking around for ideas. Hugs.
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August 6, 2021 at 12:08 PM
Hello Caren, oh that is a great idea Caren. Hugs.
Krutsinger Avatar
August 6, 2021 at 7:03 AM
Darlene, this is why I use children's reference books.
Sands Avatar
August 5, 2021 at 6:46 AM
You have described just how writer's block can happen and then the muse takes off later. Well done Caren :)
Krutsinger Avatar
August 6, 2021 at 7:03 AM
Thank you Heidi.
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