dreading the blank slate
so I’ll run away for now
something will bloom, right?
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J. Jay
I like to share my art and writings, whether it's silly or serious. I'll also feature a comic I work on called Writing Whoas, which is about the joys and hardships of being a writer. Stick around to laugh or cry.
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Dog Number 13
May 15, 2023 Strange things are happening. Good-strange, bad-strange, and strange-strange. For starters, me and all my litter mates are able to stand. Some of us can even wiggle around in a clumsy manner. I say wiggle because it isn’t quite walking but it isn’t quite crawling. We just sort of stand and wiggle and fall and take a few steps and then crawl and then get up again. It is in this manner we are able to move around to some degree and explore our surroundings. Naturally we cannot go far. Which is ok, I suppose, because I am very small and I need my mother for food and my siblings to keep me warm and I feel very loved and comforted by them in some way, so I don’t know why I would need to go very far. Having four legs, I must admit, is very strange. It is not a surprise to me that it is challenging to coordinate them to move in the order they need to move. But I can get around a little bit, my eyes can stay open for much longer periods of time now, and it is easier to understand what is happening. So this is new.
By Morgan Longford2 days ago in Chapters
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Bahahaha! Love it! Great job. 👏😁
The funny thing for me is that writing poetry is my way of procrastinating all the other stuff I'm supposed to be doing. Comic drawing: "serious" stuff rings the doorbell, knocks on the window, tries to come in through the chimney. I say go away, I'm writing!
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somehow it always blooms LOL, love it!
The poem "Avoidance" is a poignant reflection on the fear and uncertainty that comes with facing a blank slate, and the temptation to run away from it. The use of short, simple lines emphasizes the speaker's anxious thoughts and the urgency they feel to escape. The final lines, "something will bloom, right?" are particularly powerful, as they capture the speaker's hope that something positive will eventually come from their avoidance. It's a common feeling to want to delay difficult tasks or decisions, but ultimately, it's important to face them in order to move forward and grow. The poem captures the complex emotions surrounding avoidance and the struggles we face in overcoming it.
Both the cartoon and the verse - A Grade material
Love this!! Awesome comic too!!!
Bahahah how relatable. Love the comic!
this is all too familiar, love it!
Well this was a call out I didn’t need. Very nice. :)
All too relatable! I have to get a painting done and I haven’t even started… today is supposed to be my day, but I’m burying my head in the sand and procrastinating instead. Lol Congrats!
Succinct and we all can relate.
This is great and so relatable. Congrats on the Top Story.
It's common as a creative person. I've read somewhere that a lot of writers do that. I certainly do it and am trying to work on a screenplay I started a couple days ago
Aww I know this very well! Lol I love that cartoon too! Hearted and subscribed
Nailed it! Great haiku! Congratulations on Top Story!