Writer's Block
Need to get started
Got so much to write
Put pen to paper
Just keep writing shite
I've tried all the tricks
Walked round the room
Made a cup of tea
No va-va-va-voom
Still sitting here now
Not sure what to do
Stuck for ideas
Not a fucking clue
Oh, hang on a mo
One has come in now
Nope Wonderstuff lyrics
"The size of a cow"
I'm trying too hard
I need this to stop
It's driving me mad
Fucking writers block
I pick up my phone
Game of Flappy Birds
Bit more relaxed now
No good, still no words
Check on Twitter
Emails and Facebook
"smile", quick selfie
YouTube a quick look
And still there is nowt
Just a big blank space
I hear a pin drop
Blank look on my face
Disaster, panic
Hopelessness and fear,
Bollocks and fuck it
The deadline is near
What do I do next
I've walked the dog
Read the newspaper
Been to the bog
Then it hits me like
A bolt from the blue
I should do nothing
Yes, that's what I'll do
Suddenly, a light
It shines in my head
The word monster wakes
And needs to be fed
The words spout forth
Like a gushing tap
Some are brilliant
But others are crap
My fingers they type
As fast as they can
The words they just flow
The lines start to scan
It starts to make sense
It all comprehends
I press Control S
Alt F4. The End.
Jackie Phillips
Fri 30th Jan 2015 12:58
I was feeling very much like this a couple of days ago but then when I was ready to give up, the ideas flooded in and I now I have too much happening in my head all at the same time and can't get it down on paper fast enough. A nice happy poem, not enough of these about :-)