Pro-cures for Poets: Writer’s Block
If your muses aren’t stopping in
and left you grasping for ideas,
grab a sharpie and try this exercise:
Draw the doorway to your childhood room
on one arm, and list three things
you loved behind its hinges.
Now draw the front entrance to inspiration
and the exit to boredom on your other arm.
Write the address above it.
If the block is still there under your follicles,
walk to the park or shop for groceries
in a short-sleeve shirt
and soak in everyone’s reaction.
Look for the faces
of your lost muses
as they blink back to attention.
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Inspiration often comes running back to us when we put a little more effort into inviting it in. Wonderful read today Tabitha! <3
Good to give inspiration a fresh little something to snag onto.
haha!! that was fun 🙂
Good!
Thank you.
Love this! Really actually want to try it!
As do I!!
Good advice!
I enjoyed your poem, Tabitha.
Love this good advice. Definitely trying this!
So playful and fun!
Wow! This is wonderful! Love the title and the muses moving throughout. Great imagery— I especially loved “in a short-sleeve shirt / and soak in everyone’s reaction” and “blink back to attention.” (And I, too, might need to try some of this!