OH! Where do the great ideas go…
those flashes of brilliance
that should have better resilience
and remain in the Brain Cabinet
long enough for establishment
to take hold in the Eureka! compartment.
How many times in the course of the day
does the lightbulb flash in the idea flow
and tug at coat-tails for attention;
hoping and praying that no intervention
takes precedence over the outstanding thought
that begs to be recorded–NOT discarded!
That’s it! Hurry–get to the tablet or pad
and hope there’s a pencil or pen nearby
Scribble or print in quick succession
the words piling together inside…
One after another the poignant confession
or ground-breaking thought to abide
ensconced forever in handwriting or symbol,
keywords or brilliant asides.
The Muse is waiting and prompting the prose
or rhymes that are aching to flow ever forth,
to leap from the pen to the pristine page–
words that are as a hymnal of praise,
destined to be enhanced and entrenched for
the ages–or at least for the confines of these few pages.
WOE! is the cry (silent or not) of the poet
whose well runs suddenly dry into a drifting-off
of pen tracks…………….. the priceless words
disappearing into oblivion, their brilliance
fading to a darkened page as the Muse pats a
shoulder and whispers: “Better luck next time.”
©Sometimes, 2015
Wonderfully penned, “aching to flow ever forth,
to leap from the pen to the pristine page–
words that are as a hymnal of praise,
destined to be enhanced and entrenched for
the ages–” Lovely imagery. I notice the ideas seem to circle back (or I circle back to them) more slowly these days :>
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thank you so much for the comment. It seems my best thoughts come from deep inside my muddled brain. I guess that’s the point of poetry. 🙂
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Many of us can relate to the sentiments in this poem….Too true! The ‘Muse’ will not be kept waiting. Very Good…. Hugs! ❤
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thanks…I need all the moral support I can get. haha
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We can but keep ‘at it’. I’ve had quite a ‘lean time’ for the better part of this year – until recently. Just kept ‘at it’…even though most of the time….efforts had to be abandoned….;)
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I like to take note of the bad stuff too…write it down…sometimes a gem emerges. 🙂
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There’s a new A-Z blogging 101 class starting next week…it is lots of fun. I think you would get a big kick out of it…everything optional, no pressure to do anything at all. The prompts are fun.
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Have enrolled…may not be able to do much….Will check it out. 😉
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yay…it will be fun.
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inspired by a great idea but lack of words, all the beauties that were in my head flew away once I reached pencil and paper…
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They’ll be back….;)
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I only recently became enamored of poetry…haven’t written any since my late teenage years. I love it…its fun, and never fails to cheer me up.
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Keep Going……Hugs!
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I intend to. I do need to get some of my photos on as well…I have a huge number of them, but most are on slides, and unless I can do it myself I wont be able to afford developing fees.
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a lot of beginners in the class but also old timers like me…and guys, too…its not a girl thing by any means.
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