The paper upon which I write
a testament to my failure;
words scratched through,
lines obliterated,
soon join
paper wadded, torn
strewn around the floor.
My pencil, nearly a stub
readies a new sheet,
a clean slate,
radically blurs back and forth
above the paper
as if frustrated to be put to use.
My eyes wander
seeking inspiration
from here to the floor,
suddenly fixated,
glued to one page.
Scattered among the chaos,
words scratched through,
I find what I have
been searching.
What alleviates my fear of writing,
of criticism, and elevates my confidence
to new levels.
I pick up the paper
assemble the words together,
I write,
“No matter what you write,
someone will love it.”
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Ольга Берггольц – Первое письмо на Каму
- God Of Roads by Yvor Winters
- Николай Языков – Послание к Ф. И. Иноземцеву (Да сохранит тебя великий русский бог)
- Halloween by Robert Burns
- The Copper Beech by Marie Howe
- Владимир Гиляровский – Грядущее
- Female ghost in the moonlight by Raj Arumugam
- Шекспир – Весну не перельешь в хрусталь – Сонет 6
- Caught in a Net by Vachel Lindsay
- The Crystal Gazer by Sara Teasdale
- The Garden of Janus poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
- Федор Сологуб – Собака седого короля
- Robert Burns: Mr. William Smellie -A Sketch:
- Sonnet CXXXV by William Shakespeare
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
