Ken_Nye
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Post by Ken_Nye on Mar 22, 2008 14:00:32 GMT -5
You know, I just went through my "research and development" folder in which I keep poems that I''ve started but haven't finished. I have about 20 poems in there that are going no where. I keep waiting for something to get the wheels turning, and nothing has come. For months. It's been six months since I turned out anything worth anybody else's time. I'm beginning to think that my poe tic well has just run dry.
Has anybody else gone through a long drought like this? What did you do?
wait it out?
Ken
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Post by Jonathan Morey Weiss-Namaste47 on Mar 22, 2008 15:53:20 GMT -5
I know you don't rest on your laurels, (which are significant--think of what you've accomplished in the poetic arena thus far. I might think in terms of your gifts, and be thankful for them (which undoubtedly you are.)
Usually creativity comes from a deep silence. Try to go into that space and just be for a while. And I see nothing wrong with prayer.......pray for the creative juices to begin to flow again....with the changing of seasons, the sap just may begin to rise.
Combining desire with gratitude is a fairly good formula for inspiration, Ken. I know you will be writing high quality poetry again very soon. I will keep you in my prayers.............Jon
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Nan
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Post by Nan on Mar 22, 2008 16:25:40 GMT -5
Ken, I read your recent posts and they're of good quality. I agree with Jon's advice-- silence is a good tool to creativity.
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Post by Ron Wallace (Scotshawk) on Mar 23, 2008 12:05:32 GMT -5
Ken, I feel like I'm in one right now. I sit down to write and stare at the keys, but I've been there before. This, too, shall pass. Fo me I listen to favorite songwriters and read favorite poets and hope something sticks.
I suspect you try the walks with nature already; thats helps me as well, but at times I just fell frustrated and await the striking of the bolt.
Ron
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Vasile Baghiu
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Post by Vasile Baghiu on Apr 14, 2008 0:23:38 GMT -5
You have been given some very good advice, Ken. Above them, I would add that discipline is very helpful when dealing with this creative issue. I mean that whenever I am in this similar situation I tend to take all the poems remained unfinished, one by one, and find a final form. Patience and discipline! I know that discipline does not sound very appropriate when related to poetry, but I know this really works. Good luck!
Vasile
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Post by Jo Lynn Ehnes on Apr 15, 2008 10:04:29 GMT -5
I'm right there with you, Ken. I think I've written one poem in the last 6 months. I guess in my mind, when the words come, I'll write.
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Post by LynnDoiron on Apr 25, 2008 13:12:59 GMT -5
I am often in that same place, Ken. Everything I write about or "think" to write about has already been written, not just by me, and more than once, but by people since the Sumerians put a wedge in clay and then another and another and a line was composed . . . Then, I read some poet or other (an old favorite, or, recently, new voices to me by way of Neruda and Lorca) and realize there is always a fresh view out there, one waiting to be read -- OR, one waiting to be written -- and I give it another try. Not always successful, but good writing by astonishing poets is the best pill I know for curing the poetic arid spells.
This note just to say you are not alone!
lynn
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