Weary, this poet
and only day six ─
nourishment needed
my fatigue to fix.
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Napowrimo is doing my head in
preventing enjoyment of reading
other folks’ work ─
in despair I shirk,
delete inbox and sigh at the shedding.
Napo’s stolen the pleasure
from my greatest treasure ─
it stops me from sleeping
writing nothing worth keeping
It’s become a poetical bore.
Great prompts thick and fast
in my head whizzing past
without stopping to let me compose.
Too much inspiration
impedes concentration
leaves rebellious old poet aghast.
I’ve decided to go with the flow
cease the struggle with Napowrimo
There are prompts by the score ─
It’s becoming a chore
to keep up and I’ve lost my mojo.
So from now on I’ll write when I want to, despite plethora of prompts, which I’ll keep for time of drought when nothing comes to mind, then give each due attention and care. So there! And I had more fun writing that than I’ve had for the last seven days.
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Love the flowers and the poem. Glad to hear you have seen reason on the writing – quality not quantity is what it is all about. Sally
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You’re absolutely right.
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Good for you for taking your life back. Still working on it here. 🙂 I’ve had to delete so many posts I just can’t get to for a long while. I have a house and fence to paint and garden to put in not to mention the sewing waiting. This swallows most of my time, still
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Take it easy: those are physical jobs which take it out of you, so spread them out.
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My love to you, dear ViV…I usually feel that I can do the writing each day for April, but the guilt of not having adequate time for reading others in reciprocity can sometimes overwhelm. It’s why I’ve actually had to forego many of the prompt sites that “require” it…even outside of April. I just don’t have the time. So–I totally understand!! I’m not sure I’ll last the full 30 this year. We’ll see what happens. (((hugs))) ❤
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I had to nix the idea of a poem a day for that reason–it’s too easy to burn out and then the inspiration completely dwindles.
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and the poetry is rubbish!
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Amen!! I’m doing the same to stay sane. There’s this great quote…”My life has been the poem I would have writ but I could not both live and utter it.” -Henry David Thoreau It’s printed on a pencil case that was a gift and it’s my reminder not to feel to bad if I don’t get on to blog…sometimes the journal is the only one to read my poems…3D life gets busy. ♥I like the honesty of this post and the way it resonates with my feelings about Napowrimo.
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Welcome to my naughty corner, Hannah.
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I’ve always been a naughty one. 🙂
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I can feel the happy this had to have brought. And I like your choice, it makes way too much sense,
Elizabeth
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Hugs, Viv. But remember that you took on all of March, too, and besides the whole idea of napowrimo is to write a poem, not write someone else’s poem every day. If there’s no poem in your pen, then so be it! xx
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Bless you, for the words of cheer.
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Good on you! I know that I can never write ‘on tap’, or else need long periods of recovery between each ‘pousse’ of effort!
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Right choice, and beautifully explained! Thank you for the lovely hyacinths, I can almost smell them. I miss spring bulbs….
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There’s a pot on the terrace,near the patio doors and another beside the front door. Jock doesn’t like the perfume of blue hyaciths, but I do so he has to put up with it!
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It’s very strong, but so beautiful. My favourite of all is paperwhites, the very essence of spring.
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That sounds like an excellent idea to me, Viv. I never can understand forced writing. I was lured in by your happy bunch of tulips. Sit back and enjoy Spring! Write when you darn well feel like it! 🙂
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It definitely sounds as if you need to give it a break. If you’re doing something for pleasure and it becomes a chore, and you have a choice, time to move on.
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It’s as though a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders!
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