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By Talisker

17 October 2006

Why does one write when inspiration is sadly lacking?

Am I impelled this page to fill,
Elysian fields of white to curse?
Should I despoil with brutal quill,
Make perfect whiteness, something worse?

Must I this virgin snow corrupt,
With careless tread, to what design?
Sublime potential thus usurped,
With hollow words, the fault is mine.

Why do I feel the urge to write,
With heavy heart, lacklustre mind,
To dredge up whimsy, bland and trite,
Dim-sighted wit to lead the blind?

Is it some breed of arrogance,
This need to sully perfect white,
To follow some absurd pretence,
To under think, to overwrite?

Or are these mere cathartic rites,
Roughage for a stolid brain,
To clear the blockage, cure the plight,
Get the wheels to turn again?

If so, I pray the cure will work
For this poor mind is solid blocked,
An answer for this bold Young Turk,
May be in this conundrum locked.

Oli (17/10/06)

Reviews

Cheque's in the post...
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 17th October 2006

Dear'st Oli, think no more of blocks!
Get off yer arse! Pull up yer socks!
A finer thrill than getting laid
Comes to the writer who gets paid!

Slan!

Written by Phil (6730 comments posted) 17th October 2006

You may be uninspired, but your verse is still top class. Hope you catch the muse soon Oli.

All the best,

Phil.

Fantastic!
Written by LynB (435 comments posted) 18th October 2006

If you write like this when you are uninspired, I'd love to read something you've written when inspiration hits you!

Written by Witzl (1585 comments posted) 18th October 2006

Your verse is certainly not 'dim-sighted wit to lead the blind.' And I agree completely with LynB.

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