Ahellas Alixopulos Poet Free verse

Writer's Block

I need a poem, and
I've needed one all day long.
I need a poem, and 
I've looked everywhere for one.
Well, I've looked for one in the shower,
once my favorite place.
I've looked for one in the traffic, in the dance
of tail lights in the rain.
I need a poem.
All the metaphors that I can conjure up,
just sit there like a lump.
I need a poem, and 
I wonder why, some days
it comes so easily. Those days, there's
a poem in every tree but, today
I need a poem.
I feel like some demented dentist,
pulling every tooth he sees, or
some starving native tipping every stone
to find a slug beneath.
I need a poem,
and I don't think I'll
find one very soon.

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Vassilis Comporozos July 26, 2012 at 2:22 AM And it seems you've found it! Congrats. Can I post it on my poetry blog vcobor.blogspot.gr (F???t???? p???s??)? Are you from Greece?

Caryl Muzzey July 24, 2012 at 12:30 PM Looks like one (poem) found you Ahellas, a wonderful write. Congratulations on being featured this week. I enjoyed the read~ Caryl

Daver Austin July 23, 2012 at 11:34 AM Yes, and it seems the harder one tries to come up with something the further away inspiration gets. Congrats on this selection. daver

Jennifer Spase July 23, 2012 at 9:42 AM Very humourous and many of us are trying too hard to come up with something to share with the world and live to be great. Sometimes the best gems come on it's own time table.

Jennifer Spase July 23, 2012 at 9:41 AM Very humourous and many of us are trying too hard to come up with something to share with the world and live to be great. Sometimes the best gems come on it's own time table.