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Scribbling Nonsense
Addicted to adverbs
Conjunctions and hyperbole
Can you believe I’ve just
Created this monstrosity
An inspired creative frenzy
Or just a crazed lunacy
Laughing maniacally
Authenticity compels me
Obsessing over misspellings
My pen is running dry in this
Grammatical maelstrom
And I’m losing the fight
Slashing run-on sentences
Wielding the editor’s knife
I fix a paraphrasing and the verse
Dissolves right before my eyes
Verbs blur into maladies
Prepositions interject and then
I’m chasing lazy subjects
Right fkn off the page’s edge
Crumbling synonyms are
Antagonizing the author
Pushing me to try harder to
Captivate a yawning audience
But I’m losing my breath
Keeping up with myself
As my mind purges so many
Paragraphs without purpose
Lacking the anecdotes now
I’m just scribbling nonsense
While delirium compounds
Every fkn last little word
Oh,
It’s just
The writer’s life for me
Or,
Maybe
I could use a little sleep
Published 10th Aug 2022
| Edited 20th Oct 2022
Author's Note
Winner of the “Delightfully Bonkers” comp!
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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLb3gu4-QI&feature=share
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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLb3gu4-QI&feature=share
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- Edited 6th Dec 2022 00:45am
10th Aug 2022 4:39pm
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Glad you enjoyed tripping through the writer’s process on this! 😅 After spending 5 hours and hitting ‘edit’ what felt like a hundred times on my last short story AFTER I posted it, I felt a little bonkers. Then I got to waste another hour on this drab! Guess I needed to laugh off the short story’s grim vibes.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
10th Aug 2022 6:29pm
12th Aug 2022 1:02pm
10th Aug 2022 8:56pm
We can never sleep with words flying high on the trapeze, traipsing the contours of a muddled mind
12th Aug 2022 1:04pm
10th Aug 2022 10:45pm
Dear NB,
I really enjoyed the written stream of consciousness in this piece as part of the writing process. Wonderfully clever because I think we all go through this at some point. It also made me laugh because I think I have half a dozen poems in the saved section with slashes, dashes and a whole bunch of mashes. Terrific piece. H🌷
I really enjoyed the written stream of consciousness in this piece as part of the writing process. Wonderfully clever because I think we all go through this at some point. It also made me laugh because I think I have half a dozen poems in the saved section with slashes, dashes and a whole bunch of mashes. Terrific piece. H🌷
12th Aug 2022 1:07pm
A yes the writer’s plagued backlog of half-finished pieces, awaiting the day we’ll blow the dust off and polish them up for a proper presentation. Thank you for the compliments and for engaging Honoria!
11th Aug 2022 2:14am
Man this hits home.... in a big way.
I'm glad you took the time, it really works wonderfully well to convey all those up and down emotions that I know I go spinning around my 'thought carousel'on...
Fantastic ink
🌹B
I'm glad you took the time, it really works wonderfully well to convey all those up and down emotions that I know I go spinning around my 'thought carousel'on...
Fantastic ink
🌹B
12th Aug 2022 1:10pm
Thank you so much Bluevelvete - a ‘thought carousel’ is an excellent metaphor, and could even inspire another poem!
19th Aug 2022 8:59pm
Congratulations on your win! I do love a bit of Bonkers! In fact, I've just launched Bonkers #2 and I hope you'll take part. I'm a MASSIVE fan on writing about words, especially when it's done cleverly like your run-on sentences and interjecting prepositions. Your vocabulary choices here are also strong and evocative... and I like it when your stream of consciousness led you into a song at the end! Brilliant, crazy stuff.
3rd Sep 2022 8:49am
Thank you Ellie, I’m so glad you enjoyed this! It was an absolute thrill to purge this as I was very much in my natural element 😜 I’m glad you picked up on the slide into song at the end, I tend to sing-song the silliest of things!
(And sorry for the late reply, I just started a new job! I’m glad your Bonkers comps are keeping traction though, it’s a sensational theme!)
(And sorry for the late reply, I just started a new job! I’m glad your Bonkers comps are keeping traction though, it’s a sensational theme!)
1st Sep 2022 11:48pm
Love the complexity and sharpness and irony and self Self-Deprecating Humor of this poem. A juggling act of Herculean proportions and it was written with such seeming ease. Just a joy to read, so thank you for sharing your art and skill.
3rd Sep 2022 8:56am
Thank you for such epic compliments - I’m humbled in proportion and smiling ear to ear! This one did certainly spill outa me with little refrain - don’t you just love when that happens? I’m glad you enjoyed this slice of a writer’s craze.
