I used to write poetry

I have been looking back on all the years i've spent writing

I used to write poetry

I have notebooks full 

of nonsense

garbled verse

I thought lovely

at the time

but now

when I put pen to paper

and watch the words 

spill out

the nonsense is still there

only sadder

and angry

and nothing ever feels

finished.

Author's Note

y'all know i can't do titles already, i'm sure. so ima Emily Dickinson it just this once.
this came out of my ultra-personal prep file where i keep pages and pages of unfinished, unpolished work, but i thought i would throw it out there anyway

Reviews

[Jake Donald Stephens]

I just laugh at the poems I wrote in high school. They make zero sense. If I find one I'll post it, so everyone else can laugh along.

[Alessander]

a poem entitled "I used to write poetry" ohhhh the irony. It's like the paradox, "This statement is a lie" waitwhat.

I know what you mean. I have tons of barely legible scraps everywhere, and oh god how I hate some of those works I wrote. They're embarassing just to read, like looking back at your highschool portrait for the yearbook. ugh.

Anyhow, maybe make "angry" "angrier" (to go with sadd-er).?

Prob don't need the last two "and"s, but that's a diction/tone/pace issue, and I could see either school.

Anywho, like the last line. It speaks to the endless creative process.

As the saying goes, a poem is never finished, merely forgotten...

[Elle Thompson]

thank you for the suggestions
embarrassing poetry is an inevitable stage of development for writers I think

[Sam]

I used to write poetry
I have notebooks full
of nonsense
garbled verse.
My favourite part. Love it.

[Elle Thompson]

Thank you for reading