To Write: I the Writer the Task For Myself I Set

The best way to get around writers block is to get a life, I find!!!

To write a poem the task I set
But no inspiration came
Not a word or couplet rhyme
Not even a name

To write a story the task I set
But write one I did not
For I could tell no story
And I could plan no plot.

To live the day the task I set
And so I went out drinking
And met and talked and drank, and danced and laughed
And afterward was left with lots for thinking.

And then to writing myself I set
In idle hours before I sleep
And wrote verse and stories to make one smile
And make another weep

For a writer will endure his block
That will always be in his way:
You cannot write if you do not LIVE
You can write another day!!!

Reviews

[Gandré]

This was a wonderful rhyme and lots of meaning, this is a rare combination I read... when reading poetry in general. And you are so right, when we didn't dream words - we shall not try to write - you are right, just wait another day, week or even month... lots of wisdom and beautiful, of an individual specified value, at least to me.

[Nautili]

How true is this! Very good work, and food for thought. When the frustration comes from the inevitable block, don't get tied up in a knot, just go out and live. Life's experiences will place the pen in your hand! Love it-going into my favorites!

[Emily B]

this makes perfect sense!

we cannot write if we do not live. Cheers!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

This set me to laughing! this is a sure and cetain truth sir; that if we do not live life we have nothing to write about but sadder still, nothing to smile and laugh about. I raise my glass to you and this fine bit of verse that brought me a chuckle this morning. Cheers!