BLOCK AND TACKLE by Psyve

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Submission Name: BLOCK AND TACKLE dots

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Author:	Psyve
ASL Info:	50/M/ Out there
Elite Ratio:	3.17 - 69/101/59
Words:	103

Class/Type:	Lyrics/Serious
Total Views:	152
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Bytes:	663

Description:
This one's about every writer's nightmare, I guess

BLOCK AND TACKLE dots

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And though the world is coming ‘round,
This old heart says I’ve sinned…
Sit here breaking no new ground,
I’m only breaking wind,
But, in the grand tradition,
I burn the midnight lamp,
And sit here, poised with pen in hand:
An imperious knight,
With a serious Writer’s Cramp…

Words that do not flow, but mock
And add to all my fears…
How then shall I tame this block
And tackle all this passing of the years?
Forsaken by the living and
Mistaken for a rock,
I sit here, poised with pen in hand,
And a serious, mysterious Writer’s Block…

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  Thanks Tayla, Ethan and Andrea, for taking the time to read and comment.

My writer's block started 13 years ago! Still struggling with it!

Cheers,

Psyve
| Posted on 2006-01-15 00:00:00 | by Psyve | [ Reply to This ]
  I hate writer's block, but it's something we all have in common (anyone that says they've never had writer's block at one point in their writing career is probably lying, but that's just my opinion). I noticed that you posted this as serious but these two lines made me laugh:

"Sit here breaking no new ground,
I’m only breaking wind,"

Anyway. I think that writer's block is actually a necessity. It gives you some time to really sit and think about why it is that you can't write, and (as I've seen evidenced on here many times), it is a very motivational occurence. People seem to always find a way to write about writer's block, which is ironic because then it's not writer's block anymore... Sorry, I'm rambling. You did a great job capturing a common sentiment and (once again) even though you posted it as serious, it made me smile. ...bb...

XoXo
~Tayla~
| Posted on 2006-01-14 00:00:00 | by Phoenix2004 | [ Reply to This ]
  You are right that’s indeed every writer's nightmare.

The piece was quite delightful. I especially like

"And sit here, poised with pen in hand:
An imperious knight,
With a serious Writer’s Cramp"

I also dug the untamed writer's block ... that's was heartily effective. Likewise I was quite fascinated by the some of the language that you used. It came out very well.

However I wouldn’t be too sure about starting the way you did you know …. With “And”. I don’t know …….. I felt that was slightly peculiar…… but wait to see what other people have to say on say on that account. I didn’t really like it much though.

Well ….. That’s it.

Good luck,
Later,

Ethan
| Posted on 2006-01-14 00:00:00 | by Ethan Brody | [ Reply to This ]
  this really made me laugh and smile. Although I dont know if it was supposed to. I like your rhythm, it makes it flow really nice. Even though this piece is quite short you covered what you needed to say (short and sweet is cool) I know exactly how you feel, when I get writer's block its horrible I cant write anything good and I always feel like what I write is crap. Not long ago I had serious writer's block it lasted for about four months and it was the worst for me, and then something tragic happened and I was good again. It be ironic if you had writer's block and was writing this because this is really good.

well thanks for sharing this
andrea
| Posted on 2006-01-14 00:00:00 | by ladydeathstrike | [ Reply to This ]

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