Abandoned Writers Cafe

Empty rooms in empty halls.

Accounts silent - long abandoned

the words bankrupt

vacant fronts of creativity 

washed over; hollow; run down.

Verbs sway on rusted hinges

the strains of old poems

cross pages like tumbleweeds.

Profiles shuttered - desolate

unopened for years, collect dust

while messages to forgotten friends

go unanswered

Pinned to a page 

like wanted posters

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I still visit the profiles of old friends here, some that I know seldom if ever, revisit the site. Others are departed from life itself. I revisit their comments on my posts on other sites as well. I'll find one and say, well, wasn't that nice? This is eloquently poignant. I enjoyed and I relate. F.

[Relic]

Thanks for reading, Fabian. :)

[Red Brick Keshner]

As do I. They are like monoliths on a partways barren land.

[Beccy]

There are a writers I miss and those I don't. Those I miss, I counted as friends and valued their friendship, as I did their writing. I am become sad when I go to a favourite writer and see 'this profile has been closed,' no explanation; nothing, just gone as if they never were.

Your poem very much brings the loss home.

Beccy.

[Relic]

Thank you for reading.

[Ken Simm.]

I cannot say I enjoyed this because it is not that kind of poem. What I can say is that I got a lot from it. Feelings, memories, losses, friends now gone. People I knew and respected, no longer here. The atmosphere in this lost cafe is absolute and palpable.

[Relic]

I couldn't agree more, Ken. Thanks for your thoughts.

[Maxwell Ryder]

This could be such a great forum, and truthfully it is...for archiving our work. You’ve captured the abandonment here so excellently. I felt like I’d come to one of those old fill-up stations in the desert southwest that once had its heyday, so to speak.

[Relic]

That's a good analogy. Thanks for the read.

[¿]

Haa!!
This is a thing I get annoyed of here....someone's writing I tried to review but found closed account....bitter truth, I lost one of my friend who went from here without knowing me of that!!
Wonder read!😊

[Relic]

That happens all the time here, Tahsin. Thanks for the read.

[¿]

Wc😊.....!!

[Terry L & Linda L Shuff]

' Old Poets never die they just fade away.' General Macarthur quote,only he said Old Generals.

[Relic]

Well said, and appropriate. Thank you.

[Terry L & Linda L Shuff]

Thank you,Relic.

[Dara]

Your words so artfully describe the absence of well loved writers who seem to disappear and how surprisingly empty it feels when they are not heard from for months on end. Very beautifully written and the image that you have with it is perfect.

[Relic]

Thank you, Dara. I often feel that emptiness you mention.

[CLR9]

We still in dis b***h mernurg

[Kathy Van Kurin]

"Abandoned Writers Cafe"
Relic,
This speaks to those whom are 'gone' in some way. I know of at least two writers which do not submit any more. I miss them! A person cannot help but wonder what has happened. Your poem speaks to the possibility that sometimes things change and will stay that way. I can't help but hope that the people not seen will return.
Blessings,
Kathy

[Relic]

Thanks for your thoughts, Kathy.

[Kelli April]

As I make my way through this poem, I can’t help but feel that this was how I perceived my account/profile would succumb to after the semester ended. I was required to join a writing group for an assignment, little did I know I would emerse myself completely into the world of WritersCafe. It’s the little glimmer that remains of my love of writing after painfully saying goodbye to my Comp classes. I related to this on an internal level, and that’s one thing I love about reading others’ work; if you let it, you can find yourself or something within yourself by reading the words of others who share the same love of expressing ourselves through words on paper.

[Relic]

Well said, Kelli. Thanks for taking the time to review. :)

[bluessadmood]

this was wonderful how you put it..a thing i always wondered why,where are everyone gone...
is it really life and its worries ..
i dont know i dont think so..lots said before leaving its not the old cafe as it used to be for real
literature almost for professionals..the cafe used to weigh a lot,it was one of the best sites..
people used to come and write for real not just any words thats repeated in thousands of works
just to say that someone is a writer..i wish i was wrong..i think

[Relic]

I agree. Thank you.

[bluessadmood]

you are so welcome my friend