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11 March 2019

10:44

I am sitting ccccccccwith a blank sheet of paper

It says that it wants me to write on it

 

What can I write

I have no inspiration

 

I dont have any ideas

Not even a picture to draw

 

The page just lays there

Staring back at me

 

I attempted to read your writing

The words were too close together

 

All jumbled

They made no sense

 

I wonder

Am I alone

 

Did the poets and writers of old

Have times like this

 

Did Wordsworth

Burns

 

Or Coleridge

I know he was often dancing with opium the fairys

 

Did they have days

Of blankness

 

I wonder

 

Wild Rose

April 2019

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

All writers had days where they couldn't write. Hemingway struggled. Hard to write when the mind is tire. I read other folks poetry when my mind is working. I listen to song and read. Usually awake my pen. Thank you dear friend for sharing your amazing words and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Coyote > I can always rely on a good comment from you
We had recently had a multitude of problems - nothing really serious or life threatening.
Just minor stuff that adds up

Then they are all gone and your mind "takes a rest"
Well that is how I put it

[Wild Rose]

Forgot to say thanks for reading 'Nowt' and replying

[DIVYA]

The mind is like hardened sludge sometimes and there’s no breaking in at all. I’m just a scribbler. I don’t know about the greats. Perhaps, they had more synapses and neurons firing away. It’s a mystery what they felt. My own experiences with the Block are always appalling.

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Some times I an like that no ideas and no real interest in writing or in reading > just blank
Then at others Ideas wizz through

[DIVYA]

Perhaps it’s just those times of inspiration that keep us going through the dull patches...

[Shazbatt969]

Haha, I totally enjoyed and relate, the blank page problems the blank page rage, you express nothing much to say very well, I once wrote a 4 page piece on having writer's block not understanding the irony that was, lol

[Wild Rose]

??? Four pages to say nothing at all ???
Must be a record
I thought I had said so much about nowt (Dialect for nothing)

[Cassie]

All the time, writers get the block and I have learnt that writing helps

[Wild Rose]

Yes some times going for a walk round the garden > or looking in my picture for inspiration

[Muskan]

Yes all writers and poets do have such days.Sometimes they have thoughts but not words .
Well composed !

[SmittyJas]

Blank page was written with some common sense for it took some thought to complete act 1 scene 1.

[Wild Rose]

Thank you
I was having a blank time following a stressful period
After the first line it just grew

Times like that can happen to anyone _ ijust had to write something to get going again

[Neville]

Been there, done that and got the T shirt.. more times than I care to remember and am certain will go there again.... Never fear.. your muse is maybe in need of a well earned break.. she will undoubtedly return..... Neville

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Neville
Following a long period of stress
The idea of writing about nothing brought on this and it grew as I was writing

[Neville]

it does... blank page syndrome is a beast.. but tends to move on when its had its fill of ya.... Neville

[Ted Kniffen]

Yes, Wild Rose, they and we suffered from writers block if you will. Sometimes a single word will trigger a thought and that thought will gather another and become a group. I find that emptying the mind works most times, to see what turns up.
And besides, for not being able to formulate an idea, you wrote a pretty good poem.
Keep at it.

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Ted
Blank paper and mind
Why not write to say I have no thought
Yes it growed and growed - Know the spelling ir rong

As you said it would > think I am ready for a walk -Where to - find a nice picture

[Samuel Dickens]

I'm pretty sure they must have. Perhaps we ask too much of our imaginations? It's so frustrating when you want to write but can't, rather like the car that was running just fine and then won't start.

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Samuel
Other life problems had been going for weeks
THEN when all the stress was lifted so did my thoughts

Son had been off work for 6 months with a knee problem > Now he's back at work on reduced hours

[Pure Evil]

Very nice, and yes, I'm sure they had times when they couldn't find the words. Great job

[Wild Rose]

Thank you yes I am sure they did

[Chris Shaw]

A clever write Wild Rose. I feel sure they probably had their fair share of days where they lacked inspiration. It happens to most of us. Hope all is good with you.

Chris

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Christine
Yes I an sure they did
Just life and all the things going on