National poetry writing month

National poetry writing month
A month of madness

Monday, 24 February 2014

Lamp Light


What can she write about tonight?

The poet, she pauses in the lamp light

A pen in hand, held to her lips

A cup of tea in which she sips.

 

A distant owl, an idea lingers

Pen to the paper in her fingers

But no, no spark, no fleeting thought

An idea once, but now is nought

 

The owl it goes, the night is still

What indication, mind to fill

No words, no beat, no rhyme at all

Why does her muse not come to call?

 

A prompt she thinks what is needs

A flower catalogue fill of seeds

To bloom, to grow a chance to swell

But no, her mind is not that well

 

She sighs and breathes and taps her head

An idea to write while she’s in bed

But alas, the idea though once clear

In morning will then disappear

 

What can she write about tonight?

The poet, she pauses in the lamp light

A pen in hand, held to her lips

A cup of tea in which she sips.

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