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By Anonymous

   I miss the keyboard,

even the pen

that always

leaks,

leaving behind

trademark blots

of

blue ink.



Sometimes

I try to

I remember.

Those days

I would write and

publish,

but now

my refrigerator door

stays empty

and cold.

Magnetic fruit beg for a purpose.



I sit.

At a blank screen

where the cruel cursor

winks at me,

in mockery.



I used to know how.

I would type and create

masterpieces.

In just thirty minutes,

I'd have my own Bob Ross painting.

But now the words vanish,

as I search for the next thing to write ...





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on Sep. 23 2011 at 9:10 pm
Anonymous_7 SILVER, Branson, Missouri
6 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
-The only time you can get away with murder is when writing a book!

would you please check out my work and comment/rate it? Thanks!

on Sep. 23 2011 at 9:09 pm
Anonymous_7 SILVER, Branson, Missouri
6 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
-The only time you can get away with murder is when writing a book!

this was very good! Exzactly how I feel sometimes.

on Sep. 23 2011 at 4:09 pm
ElizabethClarke BRONZE, Thornhill, Other
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments
This is AMAZING

Risible SILVER said...
on Sep. 1 2011 at 10:02 am
Risible SILVER, Norwalk, Connecticut
7 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can." -Richard Bach

love it! :) Sometimes when I can't figure out what to say, that's exactly what I need to say. 

svanb BRONZE said...
on Sep. 1 2011 at 2:24 am
svanb BRONZE, Muscat, Other
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments
Revival after writer's block? I think its really good, you are getting back up!

on Jun. 5 2011 at 5:52 pm
Ariel_Berrot DIAMOND, Lansing, Michigan
52 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, pressed to the wall--Dying but fighting back." -Claude Mckay

haha. . . told. . . XD

on May. 14 2011 at 1:37 pm
SpringRayyn PLATINUM, Lakeville, Minnesota
34 articles 2 photos 658 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't punish yourself," she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness too. That was writing."
--Markus Zusak, "The Book Thief"

Are you sure this is blank verse? I thought blank verse was 14 lines long like Shakespeare uses.

LayLay23 said...
on May. 3 2011 at 1:23 pm
I Very Well Agree. 

on Apr. 20 2011 at 6:02 pm
That poem was VERY detailed and exquisite. Kep up th good work!

on Mar. 9 2011 at 3:41 pm
Gsmile1516 GOLD, West Tisbury, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you never did, you should. Because it is fun and fun is good.
- Dr. Seuss

I REALLY LIKE YOUR USER NAME kinda random but its so cute

limelove said...
on Jan. 24 2011 at 9:35 pm
limelove, Gresham, Oregon
0 articles 1 photo 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
Memories last forever.

this is a great poem. Keeo it up.

 


on Jan. 2 2011 at 4:47 pm
Basketball23 SILVER, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania
8 articles 13 photos 487 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm living in a shell with no soul" -Three Days Grace (World So Cold)
"Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned" -Avenged Sevenfold (So Far Away)

So what?  I love being a nerd!!!!! 8) But besides the topic of being a nerd, I love this poem.  It really has meaning to it!!

on Jan. 2 2011 at 3:49 pm
Tintinnabulation BRONZE, Glen Arm, Maryland
4 articles 0 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Long enough have you dreamed contemptible dreams,
Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life."-Walt Whitman

Sounds like someone who thinks they're funny/cool/hardcore/whatever you think would cause people to care how nerdy you think they are. And since when is it not awesome to be a nerd? Thank you, sir, much obliged for that unintended compliment.

 


MRose911 GOLD said...
on Jan. 2 2011 at 2:31 am
MRose911 GOLD, Paradise, Utah
17 articles 10 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No boy is worth crying over and the one who is won't make you cry." - Sarah Kane

If we all need to get a life, then where does that put you? Cause you obviously have enough time to check out the work on this site.... You're completely contradicting yourself....

MRose911 GOLD said...
on Jan. 2 2011 at 2:28 am
MRose911 GOLD, Paradise, Utah
17 articles 10 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No boy is worth crying over and the one who is won't make you cry." - Sarah Kane

This is great! I love the lines "At a blank screen where the cruel cursor winks at me, in mockery."

on Nov. 19 2010 at 11:38 pm
misswindsor BRONZE, Collingdale, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
"What Fresh Hell is this?"

So that mean you a nerd too, right? Because only nerds are on this site.

P.S. We may be nerd, but we're a thousand times more funner than you will EVER be!!!!!! :)


on Nov. 8 2010 at 8:46 am
I think that all u people are nerds and u shud get a life

on Oct. 28 2010 at 7:00 pm
echome94 PLATINUM, Daleville, Virginia
32 articles 3 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
When the world around me ceases to exist and then i will open up and let a cruel man like you in


~Unknown~

i definatly know the feeling, the first poem i wrote when writers block passed was called Ex Lovers Answer. Check it out if you want

on Oct. 28 2010 at 10:33 am
KassyElizabeth DIAMOND, Argyle, New York
65 articles 14 photos 30 comments
I love this. I find it so interesting the way this poem is about how you can't think of what to write this poem about.

on Oct. 6 2010 at 5:11 pm
ThatEsotericGirl. GOLD, Omaha, Nebraska
12 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
He who knows not, &knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, &knows that he knows not, is a child, teach him.He who knows, &knows not that he knows, is asleep, wake him. He who knows, &knows that he knows, is wise, follow him

yeah i know the feeling exactly! hey check out my work if youd like