BLOCK

08 11 09

Can I sit and write a simple tune
or will I sit and summon spiders

Will a wayward ear latch on to paper thoughts
or is a muse just a glorified insider
like an undercover officer
pretending to befriend
maybe even smart enough
to damn the doings and defend
the doer trapped beneath
the wet blanket of a habit
feeling for a crease
to isolate with prick and stab it

Should I settle for the role
of shepherd of this ivory prairie
self-indulgent dozen-dimer
sworn protector of sublime geography
No, the dew-flossed webs of my attire
hang too wet for thief-persual
Fastened to these sticky strings of evolution
I am like a library orphan
abducted by the clutches of backdates
from the neon lobbies of renewal

Reviews

[Frieda P]

How did I miss this one, I think that's when I had closed my account for a short while? As per your usual brilliance, the imagery here is off the charts bat shyte crazy good. A 'wet blanket of habit'...lots of wet gooey sticky stuff going on in a poem about writer's block, can't imagine what you were thinking when you pen'd this genius write, just saying yout geography was sublime. ;-) Love it.

[kublakhan27]

I never mention this as much as I should (cuz you tell me a lot) but you always make me smile with your reviews love...your support always makes me feel a little better than I did before I see your reviews :) It must have been from that time...I would surely have pointed this out to you otherwise ;P It's a personal favourite which is saying something considering how short my list of personal favourites is haha Thank you again Frieda :)

[Frieda P]

I'm so glad I came across it then, wouldn't want one of your favorites pouting in the corner love ;-) And pfft and pssh...you know what I mean. ;-P xo

[kublakhan27]

Haha Somehow the pouting image fits ;P But I have been openly fond of my last few so maybe I'm cracking ;) xo

[Frieda P]

Woo score! Hahaha ;-)

[kublakhan27]

I think I could get a hang of this poetry thing hahaha ;)

[Frieda P]

Hahaha you're a nutter Benji ;-)

[kublakhan27]

Hahaha Unlike the extremely straight-laced Mrs.R ;) x

[Listmaker]

Been there, done that. But the poem I created that dreary day was a dozen-dimer not a keeper like this one. Very well done.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you know i love poems about writers block because i write much about this subject...but this is incredible...

and i'm feeling those spiders creeping into my mind...

imagery is breathtaking in this...and i have felt this poem many times.."an undercover officer pretending to be my friend" ah yes!

[kublakhan27]

This is the only time I've ever been able to write about it, so it's a bit of a personal milestone, albeit a dubious one haha Thank you Jacob.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Should I settle for a role
of shepherd of this ivory prairie -- what a poignant image!

Aah...writers block. I have felt the pain and understand the frenzy involved in trying to hard. I find that sometimes I just need to step away for a while and let the words come; unfortunately, they usually decide to grace me with their prescense while I'm doing something like driving in the car and then when I get home they are lost in the ether.

You have painted a picture with this one. THe imagery was fantastic, and the emotions are well recieved. Good flow, nice wording, and you really touched me with the emotion. Well done!

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Sarah for all those kind words :) It's funny how things work like that...I hurt to think of how many ideas I've compiled over the years that escaped my memory cuz they came at inopportune times o_o My most creative period is probably midnight to 3am, which is great except that my sleep patterns suffer greatly...still it's a trade-off I gladly make and always will :)

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Haha Me too! Why do poets always think best in the car or late at night?

[kublakhan27]

Haha what can I say, we're a loopy bunch ;)

[Pete Langley]

You remind me of a guy I used to know who could maintain a tirade of abuse to a someone who beat him to a parking place long enough to draw applause....without ever using even the hint of a swearword! That you can wax this eloquently about nothing beats Bill into a cocked hat, Steve! P.

[kublakhan27]

Haha I'm sure I evoke a lot of swearwords in people when I'm not around...to use the tired old cliche, I'm not great at making something out of nothing...in fact this is the only time I can ever recall being able to do it...I've always had this theory that every writer has one good piece in them addressing the block, and they'd be best suited to try not and top it once it's been written haha Thank you Pete.

[Priscilla Sayers]

No muse is needed for a brilliant mind such as yours my sweet friend!
You are the MUSE.
Your eyes, your thoughts, your Soul, what lies within your heart, the dreams you had, have, are having...
The immense talent of revealing what thoughts arise giving greater meaning to mere words...
Breathe them out, continue to spill forth the ink of diverse thought, open tracks of a train never derailed only redirected unto a path which leads you, always to You....
XX~Big Squueeeeze~!

[kublakhan27]

Thank you so much my friend...you're always an inspiration, and your reviews always make me smile, and humble me as well ;) I'm speechless now actually...I can only say that your support and friendship mean the world...big hugs going your way as well :) xoxo

[Angi]

I get that stomach fluttery, nervous jittery, panicky tapping feeling when I can't write something...anything. This feels like that feeling I get! Shepherd of this ivory prairie is so good. I picture you in the shepherds gear and cane, roaming vast whiteness. Another amazing visual just like your stone pompadour. Words I wish I had thought of, Steve! Angi~

[kublakhan27]

Oh yes, I'm well acquainted with those feelings haha The dominant emotion for me is fear...I'm such an insecure person that any sustained period of writer's block genuinely scares me...I keep thinking of an interview I saw with Paul Simon once, and he also said he feels that fear in such periods, and constantly has to tell himself 'Don't be silly, everyone goes through these stretches'...I try that but it usually doesn't console me a whole lot haha I'm quite flattered that you remember the stone pompadour...that one goes a way back ;P Thank you Angi :)

[Leigh]

I like the line 'I am like a library orphan', trying to find the right words is like chasing a memory, which I always imagine to be a cat that runs away faster and faster into the woods. Thank-you for adding to the group 'Poems about Poetry'.

[kublakhan27]

Very true, sometimes I wonder if I'll ever find the cat...glad you like it^^

[J.E. Stroud]

Gosh this is just so powerful and immediately relateable, with some amazing imagery.
Just reading it puts me back in the panicky hopeless state of mind that is the experience of writer's block

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much^^ I thought writing something like this would ease the insecurity of writer's block but I still get antsy if I go too long without coming up with something :P

[B-poet]

Interesting, witty, and persuasive in its own right. Another notch under your poetic belt. Great job. All parts with this poem commit to the overall theme. Great job again. :)

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much, I'm grateful for the support as always :)

[B-poet]

I suppose so yet the beauty of the Three Graces is in The Eye Of The Beholder. :)

[Listmaker]

Oops, I got the name wrong. It's the Three Gossips in Arches National Park, Moab, Ut. We visited this amazing spot two years ago. An inspirational place for poetry. The photo is so small, I can't tell for sure, but for sure the spot in your pic is fodder for poets.