Shake the word tree.
Again.
Again,
harder.
Peer up through
the branches,
“what’s sticking
them up there?”
Stop trying.
Take a seat
in its shade,
relax your gaze,
daydream…
bonk!
[Written for http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2012/10/words-count-with-mama-zen.html - Thanks!]
ha that is exactly how it happens....chase the words too much and they are elusive....relax and they will find you...very true...
ReplyDeletehope you are doing well sir
Thanks, doing well, my friend.
DeleteLesson: If you try to hard, nothing happens. You just can't force the words.
ReplyDeleteOn Bukowksi's stone, it reads "Don't Try."
DeleteExactly right! It's a paradox-the more you try, the fewer results you get! So frustrating!
ReplyDeleteJust be - and let the gift do the heavy lifting.
DeleteLovely laughter bubbled up out of ME! I must have gotten bonked. Truly a masterpiece on the creative process!
ReplyDeleteLaughter is the one response that can't be faked (says Rabbi Lenny), so I appreciate that.
Deletedaydreaming under the word tree is a good thing..could easily be that one or two poems fall down ya know...smiles
ReplyDeleteMy writing is a combination of luck, words and gravity.
DeleteLove the bonk at the end.
ReplyDelete"That's what she said." (Sorry, was watching "The Office".)
DeleteThanks, life gives me little (and sometimes not so little) wake up calls.
That's so true, and how fun with a 'bonk' at the end. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI agree, there's nothing like a fun bonk to wake one up!
DeleteThis is so true! Made me smile, Mosk!
ReplyDeleteOh, YES. Exactly.
ReplyDeletede
Exactly? That's so rare!
DeleteA wonderfully poetic vision of the conflict that is writer's block.
ReplyDeleteMy writer's block has a nose and two ears. Thanks.
DeleteFunny... I know exactly what that bonk feels like (haven't felt it much myself lately).
ReplyDeleteI remember it too - from long ago and faraway.
DeleteThis is so much fun! And great advice too!!! :) Thank you!
ReplyDeletedeb
Shake the tree and wait. :)
DeleteAnd really all it takes is a good word bonkin' on the noggin :)
ReplyDeleteI like that: a word bonkin'.
DeleteSo much fun! It's such a great example of how trying to shake the words loose just doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteAnd the last time I climbed up the tree to loose them, I felt out and injured my thesaurus.
DeleteThis is a great metaphor for so many things in life, from love to spirituality - it cannot be forced. Sometimes you have to wait, to let it catch up to you.
ReplyDeleteThx for your support during Computer Hell Week, bruddah. And glad you liked the "P" Poetry comment, it was all for you! Love, Ameleh
Thanks, Ameleh.
Deleteconflict and resolution. the laws of desire explained. cool. aloha.
ReplyDeleteThanks, my goal was to keep it under 30 words.
DeleteOh, ain't it the truth?
ReplyDeleteLOL.... And no doubt an 'ouch' too ;)
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