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
- There is a Candle in your Heart by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Old Times by Rixa white
- Advice to the Ladies by William Somervile
- Alone by Yvor Winters
- Notes To A Neophyte by Sylvia Plath
- Валерий Брюсов – Фламандцам
- The Young British Soldier by Rudyard Kipling
- The Ballad Of Moll Magee by William Butler Yeats
- Cake by Roger McGough
- September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden
- To an Intra-mural Rat by Marianne Moore
- Orlando Furioso Canto 16 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Владимир Корнилов – Суворов
- If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem by Yehuda Amichai
- Laila and the Khalifa by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
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).
