Monday, February 25, 2013

The Demise Of A Poet Comments

Rating: 3.5

Time slowly ticks tick, ticking away.
Sitting at the table staring at a blank piece of paper.
Pen in hand tapping tap, tapping on the table.
It echoes as it resonates thru the house.
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Pakeeza Rizvi 10 October 2013

very nice lines...Creativity gives way to frustration. Liquor becomes his aspiration. Nothing else matters as he drinks the pain away. Laying down bottle in hand. Giving up on his one true love.i like it everlasting feelings occurs very beautiful May Allah bless you stay blessed and keep penning...

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Amanda Laurent 06 October 2013

Good job capturing that frustrating feeling - having so many emotions, but being unable to find the words, to arrange them in a way worthy of representing those emotions. It's like death to a poet...

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Kelly Zion 04 September 2013

There are no words to explain this poem. Just empty silence.

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Princess Lilypad 31 August 2013

No flatline on creativity here. just flowing. but expressive of the utter frustration when you run into the wall. beaut.

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Joshua Fegley 25 February 2013

Interesting. I suppose this is what happens to the many aspiring poets of the ages. One will not become wealthy as a poet. Drinking never helped me. I get more insight when brutalizing myself with weights. To each their own. Good write. Cheers.

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