The Failed Poet
This Is Me At This Very Moment
I have poems to write and stories to write but have been having a bad week.
I need to do this to purge my feelings and am going to share "To Win Just Once" by The Saw Doctors. "Same Oul' Town" is a gorgeous album and was playing as I put these words down feeling like a failed poet.
I know I Am Not, thanks to the empathy and love of my Vocal Friends and Audience. You Know who you are.
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I Want To Write A Poem
But I Just Can’t Make It Rhyme
Yes I Know The Words Will Come
But I Fail Every Time
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The Words Aswirl In My Head
And The Wrong Ones Still Fall Out
This Story’s A Broken Thread
A Failed Poet Full Of Doubt
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Yes I Have A Thousand Words
None of Them Will E’er Be Heard
Sheets Of Vellum Still Are Blank
Ideas Don The Drain Sank
It Happens Every Time
Poet Fails I Cannot Rhyme
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Comments (3)
A horrible feeling my friend. I know from experience.
I heat ya. Somedays you just don't have. Maybe just scream a d write whatever cones out.
Sometimes I feel like I’m a failed writer because I have a harder time with it than I used to. I used to be able to write for hours. The creativity never ended. Now it’s more difficult for me. I blame adulthood.