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Poems From the Past
My muse left me without even saying goodbye
I guess she thought she was beginning to live a lie
She probably found someone with a better sense of rhythm and rhyme
Someone that doesn’t use slants because they have a more creative mind
Who uses iamb, trochee, spondee and writes in poetic form
Disciplined and educated for which writing daily is the norm
It is my own fault because I didn’t write as often as I should
But with a lack of confidence I wasn’t sure I even could
My mind scattered I spent spare time fixing up an old car
Then wasted hour upon hour trying to learn to play guitar
I updated Facebook and searched for oddities and treasures on ebay
Which was better than writing poetry with nothing profound to say
When I wanted to write my muse had a headache or wasn’t in the mood
And who was I to start a fight, so I took a nap instead of being rude
Now I’m left with only memories of my muse in our poems from the past
I fantasized about how great we were together, but somehow knew it wouldn’t last
Maybe one day she’ll come back inspired by love or lust to take my hand and move the pen or tap computer keys
Until then my thoughts remain scattered, random words and phrases and partial poems lie half naked on the page, just a tease
I guess she thought she was beginning to live a lie
She probably found someone with a better sense of rhythm and rhyme
Someone that doesn’t use slants because they have a more creative mind
Who uses iamb, trochee, spondee and writes in poetic form
Disciplined and educated for which writing daily is the norm
It is my own fault because I didn’t write as often as I should
But with a lack of confidence I wasn’t sure I even could
My mind scattered I spent spare time fixing up an old car
Then wasted hour upon hour trying to learn to play guitar
I updated Facebook and searched for oddities and treasures on ebay
Which was better than writing poetry with nothing profound to say
When I wanted to write my muse had a headache or wasn’t in the mood
And who was I to start a fight, so I took a nap instead of being rude
Now I’m left with only memories of my muse in our poems from the past
I fantasized about how great we were together, but somehow knew it wouldn’t last
Maybe one day she’ll come back inspired by love or lust to take my hand and move the pen or tap computer keys
Until then my thoughts remain scattered, random words and phrases and partial poems lie half naked on the page, just a tease
Published 16th Nov 2019
| Edited 7th Oct 2020
Author's Note
I haven't written anything in about 3 months all the while still making notes and coming up with ideas, but never in the mood to sit down and write. Now this one poem comes out.
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Anonymous
16th Nov 2019 11:44am
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16th Nov 2019 3:38pm
Thanks! Yes, I often go back and read my old poems (and still edit & tweak them). I constantly have ideas for poems or hear words & phrases that I jot down that would be good to use in poems, BUT I have to be in the right mood to actually write or else it comes across as "forced" and doesn't make for good poetry. I'll keep waiting for my muse to whisper in my hear, then I'll write.
16th Nov 2019 12:37pm
16th Nov 2019 3:43pm
True! I know people who constantly write, who write everyday at the same time each day. That's not me, that's not how I write. The poem comes to me or the idea come and develops items in my mind and I write it down, read it over & over to add, change, & delete. Then read it over & over again. If I wrote all of the time it would be endless dribble. Breaks are good, needed, & frustrating all at once.
