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| Poet's Sleep, 1989, by Chang Houg Ahn |
Corpses of empty words and half-written poems
litter vacant halls inside my head…
The floodgates open, words careen
to slip and dissipate as fast
dissolving just beyond my grasp…
I hear the sound of hollow screams,
as ghost-chains rattle broken dreams;
and phantom shadows dance in ceaseless
search for shape and form...
thoughts on fragile pages,
as each word unlocks
the spirituous haunting
of my soul.
© Ginny Brannan 2014
Written for Magpie Tales #208
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Interesting images you create here, Ginny... Happy Birthday to you! :)xx
ReplyDelete... 'yet I still write' ~~ perfect.
ReplyDeletePerhaps a butterfly net is needed? LOL. Or should that be a mosquito one?!
ReplyDeletesmiles...and we pour a bit more on the page...
ReplyDeletei have a small mind so i cant store up many unwritten lines between the ears so i have to write them down...ha
Ah yes, it is what it is, and still we write.
ReplyDeleteKeenly inventive; well done.
ReplyDeleteWonderful
ReplyDeleteI have some of those half-written poem corpses...
ReplyDeleteYet still I write—
ReplyDeleteholding tight to scattered
thoughts on fragile pages,
as each word unlocks
the spirituous haunting
of my soul.
This is lovely and so true of writers, at least I think so.
Ginny,
ReplyDeleteYou certainly have taken an x-ray of the process. It's esoteric in a way that appeals immediately to others who experience that spirituous haunting...yet even for deeply contemplative insiders, there's nothing here that won't ring true. Outstanding writing.
Steve
Wonderful take on the prompt :)
ReplyDeleteYes, do keep writing! Well done.
ReplyDeleteYes...words do unlock places in our souls...nice work.
ReplyDeleteNever give up or let go.....wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYou've described the writer's predicament perfectly Ginny!
ReplyDeleteGinny,
ReplyDeleteI know I've already visited this post, but I wanted to say 'thanks' for the generous comments you left on my place today.
You have said it all. Such insight.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautifully written. You captured my sentiments exactly. :-)
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