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The ash falls, flake by flake,
into the lake, I am as stiff as a rake-
the oven of my mind can no longer bake,
Whatever I write, it just feels so fake!

This is not me, as I know myself
I'd have been scribbling away, lost in self
but my inspiration is sitting on a shelf,
the kitchen is *****, there is no chef!

I suffer chronically from writer's block,
I sit, I stare and I watch the clock-
The ship of Imagination is in the dock
stuck hard and fast like an old rock!

Verses used to flow so quick and easy
the thought of writing now makes me queasy-
I try and try, but its no longer breezy
I struggle, I fall, I feel rather wheezy!

I wonder when all this will ever go away
I wait, in vain, hoping for that one day
when writing shall be again, child 's play
and my inspiration will be here to stay!

The ash falls, flake by flake,
into the lake, I'm as stiff as a rake
the oven of my mind can no longer bake
and whenever I write, it feels fake!
punk rock hippy Aug 2014
Lock jawed.
Cuz when it rains it ******* pours.
Sleeping in dead fruit flies.
Choking on bug spray that killed said flies.
I need a job.


Praying for a god ****** miracle.
Im praying for a miracle.
jacky Aug 2014
I miss the rushing of words
that my fingers have troubles typing them all.
I miss the unending spree of thoughts
my mind cannot fathom one at a time,
but what I miss the most
is the touch of you
in every left-aligned poetry
your face reflects
transfixing all of me
stealing my own
memory of what
real beauty is.
still in dense state of mind
AllAtOnce Aug 2014
Nights like this
I like to stay up and write
But nothing is wrong-it's not worth the fight
I don't write happy endings
Dark words express so wonderfully
I suppose it could be called writers block
Or maybe this is just a lucky shot
There might be a few words I can get right
*"Hello, goodbye, and goodnight!"
Goodnight all of you.
Danziel Aug 2014
I was blocked by this wall for a while because I'm a writer, that is wild.
You would have never guessed a writer like me could make movies like Spike Lee's but
my movies are with words projecting from my mind into yours.
You don't have to pay but only pay attention cause my mind is in a whole other dimension.
The creating of a scene begins with a pen and idea that is ideal but my ideas have yet to come
This is what writers block has done.

-V.v.V. Ds
Simon Obirek Jul 2014
today i wrote a masterpiece
but for a status update on Facebook.
I don't know what i'm doing anymore.
The pen sits in my hand .
The paper on my desk.
but the words come all jumbled up
tangled together
in anger and frustration.

This used to be so easy as a child.
I could throw a stone.
and strike a muse.
but now the stones are boulders
and the muse is a pay stub.  

Has life really won me over?
am I really all used up
My mind dry
parched from the absents of words.
pen ink smears across

blue-lined pages

made by bearing down with an

unsteady hand that isn't more unstable

than the neurosis of trying to

make words mean more

than they actually do
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