Trying to write something, I am sitting in my study
Looking for inspiration, I find scrunched up papers on the ground,
The ink in my pen is running dry, the paper’s empty.
I blink and stare into space, its so silent here- not a sound.
I have so many thoughts running in my mind like-
Who is big brother and how the Titanic sank.
But when my nib touches the paper,
I lose it, Can’t get it - I just go blank!
There are so many issues to talk about
Like global warming and whales,
I have to spread the word to my friends
About movies and shoe sales.
Maybe offer some advice
On a crush or bad hair day
Or which outfit is cuter,
If only I could have my say.
But alas! I can’t do that
Because every time I try,
My thoughts refuse to come on paper
And I don’t understand why!
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It had a very good flow to it! I like the way that you say that you cannot write a ppoem but everything you say is one! I thought that was very creative. Also I like the way that you included everything that you could be writing about but still you said that you could not think of anything. That was also very creative. In the first stansa the lines were a little bit long but other than that....GREAT JOB!
Trying to write something, I am sitting in my study
Looking for inspiration, I find scrunched up papers on the ground,
The ink in my pen is running dry, the paper’s empty.
I blink and stare into space, its so silent here- not a sound.
<Nice imagery and setting>
I have so many thoughts running in my mind like-
Who is big brother and how the Titanic sank.
But when my nib touches the paper,
I lose it, Can’t get it - I just go blank!
<The "pop culture" aspect kind of lost me>
There are so many issues to talk about
Like global warming and whales,
I have to spread the word to my friends
About movies and shoe sales.
<Nice crescendo>
Maybe offer some advice
On a crush or bad hair day
Or which outfit is cuter,
If only I could have my say.
<Wasted crescendo on "babble">
But alas! I can’t do that
Because every time I try,
My thoughts refuse to come on paper
And I don’t understand why!
<Fizzled ending>
I couldn't tell if this was organic or premeditated. So, if that was your intention then ... Nailed it! However, there were issues which I pointed out. Hopefully, it helps. Please, edit this! It has potential!
Haha, cute and great poem. I suppose you wrote this while feeling like that. It's perfectly connected lines added interest to the poem. And I think this poem is good as you weren't writing about anything else but about your self. I often do feel te same when I'm asked write a poem. The brain pops out ideas like popcorn in the microwave but they all vanish while writing.
I think the lines in this poem is a bit too long. The rhyming is not created in this if the lines are too long. So, try to shorten the lines a bit.
In the second last line, it should be 'come onto the paper'
Well, as I said above, it was a great poem, and certainly was cute. And there were no grammatical mistakes or spelling mistakes. Great work. Well done.
And good luck.
I really liked this poem. As said before, you use the word "blank" too closely together. Try to use a synonym. Other than that, it perfectly described the way we all feel when we just can't come up with what to write. It's frustrating and I think that this poem was a very good description of those times. Great job!
Tianna
Oh goodness, don't we all feel like that sometimes. Haha.
I think this speaks for every writer at some point in time!
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Hi! Finally I had time to read this
Sorry for not earlier.
I liked this poem much! I love the lightness of it, and the subject is great. I remember once, when I had to write a poem for school and couldn't decide what to write about. So I wrote about the difficulty of deciding.
Ahaha, I love this! I laughed when I read this line
You like using the word "blank", clearly.
Very nice job! I agree with Matt – your rhyming is better now. It's so lovely to read poems like this when the sky is gray and it's raining hard. I'm feeling all happy now. Keep writing!
See you around,
Demeter xxx
This is very cute! Only a couple of things:
Firstly, Titanic needs a capital letter, and I personally would put "the Titanic". Also, so that everyone knows who you're talking about, I would change it to "Who is Big Brother, and how the Titanic sank."
Slight overuse of exclamation points in this line I think:
So I would change it to something like: "I lose it, can’t get it - I just go blank!"
Also, in this stanza:
The third line sounds a little short, so I would change it to make it just a little longer, to flow better with the rest of the stanza.
Besides that, I like this, especially the last stanza, which just sounds adorable!
Firstly this is especially cool because i have never read anything like it. The rhyming is generally good and i especially like the second stanza. This is a fun poem with a lot of potential.
I think that i may be able to help you a little with a few improvements but not many!!
Firstly, the first stanza. I actually think you could lose the first line and just have the others. However, i do realise that this may disrupt the average line length if you get what i mean. All the same, i do think that you could lose the bit that says...
' trying to write something' because this is made evident through the rest of the poem so you dont want to give everythging away too soon. It would also make the first section easier to read. YOu could also lose a few of the things that the writer finds?
but its just an idea.
i think that the rest is really great !!
Keep up the good work ! and i hope i have been of some help!!