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The Poet's Plight

To lay hands on pen and paper Before brilliance dissolves to vapor 3/05/23

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Paige Hind

Date: 8/15/2023 10:32:00 AM

I can relate to this. Lovin' your take on it!

Terrell Martin

Date: 6/22/2023 7:42:00 PM

This pithy little poetic thought just knocked the socks right off my feet! WOWZA!

Anil Deo

Date: 5/26/2023 11:05:00 PM

I'm with Joe, sis Michelle. Quick ... Few words ... Grab the Muse by the mouth. Shalom shalom

Joe Maverick

Date: 4/16/2023 10:14:00 PM

Oh such a caper.' For paper chaste.. On which To scrawl..to etch our trace.' To postulate to Dream or preen? record a snippet or a ballade A song? The wind that talks to the air we breathe, belies our endeavour our the-isise. Its all impossible ' yet we're drawn to its flame ! Burning our oil, we're on the paper chase again.)

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 4/9/2023 5:51:00 AM

We often say to ourselves, i feel like writing a poem but nought comes to mind as quill and paper in my hand but at the supermarket something said by a passerby h has given me my next poem to write. well penned my friend. Hugs an blessings, JENNIFER.

Marikate Kingston

Date: 3/24/2023 10:02:00 PM

Yes, sometimes I wish I had a magic pen or keyboard to write with. This is so cute and true. I want to try my hand at this type of poem. It has given me writer's courage Congratulations on your win. Clever, clever, clever!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/24/2023 2:04:00 PM

Wow I love this. Big congrats.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/13/2023 1:01:00 PM

Been there, done that vapor trick many times. Congratulations on this winner. Way to go. Sara

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/13/2023 5:00:00 AM

- "The Poet's Plight" ... true :) - Congratulations on your win, Michelle :) - hugs

Valsa George

Date: 3/12/2023 10:37:00 PM

Back to your poem once more, Michelle with Congratulations on your first place well deserved win.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 3/12/2023 8:13:00 PM

Congratulations!

Joanna Daniel

Date: 3/12/2023 7:03:00 PM

This one was sure to win, wonderful, congratulations, Michelle:)

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 3/12/2023 3:46:00 PM

Been there too Michelle. Great write Congratulations! :)

Ann Peck

Date: 3/12/2023 11:50:00 AM

So very true! How can thoughts vaporize so quickly! I loved it! Congratulations on First!

Tania Kitchin

Date: 3/12/2023 10:41:00 AM

Michelle, a great crystalline and so true, congratulations on your first place win!

Joe Dimino

Date: 3/10/2023 8:39:00 AM

Love it! Perfect! Lots of paper and pencils...a have lost some for lack of. So true!

Katharine L. Sparrow

Date: 3/7/2023 10:16:00 AM

Exactly! So many times I have come up with some beautiful lines of poetry while out walking my dog. Only to have them "dissolve to vapor" by the time I sit down at the computer! I think all of us poets will recognize the frustration in your little verse. Well done!

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/7/2023 1:15:00 PM

I've had that same experience, so hard to keep them in your head until you can get back home, thanks for your comment, Katharine~

Miranda Hawley

Date: 3/6/2023 10:41:00 AM

Truth! You do need to write down the ideas that come to mind before they disappear.

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/6/2023 4:33:00 PM

And they disappear so fast! Thank you for you comment, Miranda~

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 3/6/2023 10:26:00 AM

So true!

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/6/2023 4:32:00 PM

Yes Indeed! Thanks, Kim

Eve Roper

Date: 3/6/2023 10:25:00 AM

Oh my YES, or it's gone the next second. Love the verse, Michelle.

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/6/2023 4:32:00 PM

Thank you so much, Eve, am glad you enjoyed it~

Susan Lawrence

Date: 3/6/2023 6:40:00 AM

Love this Michelle . Yes how poignant and true . The whisper of dreams, inspiration and brilliance can disappear in seconds if we don’t capture its beauty in words . Blessings, Susan :)

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/6/2023 4:32:00 PM

I like the Boy Scouts motto - Be Prepared! Thank you very much Susan

Valsa George

Date: 3/6/2023 5:20:00 AM

There are moments when we are greatly inspired. With pen and paper turn those moments to beautiful writing. If we wait, perhaps those inspired thoughts may vanish. Great cautioning, Michelle.

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/6/2023 4:31:00 PM

Very true, the words can come - and go - so quickly, thank you Valsa

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/6/2023 2:38:00 AM

Happened to me last night, well, really this morning very early. Reads like a good contender for the contest. Thanks for sharing this one and for dropping by my page. Sara

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/6/2023 4:30:00 PM

Like lightning, you never know where or when it lands, thank you Sara

Joanna Daniel

Date: 3/6/2023 1:52:00 AM

I like this one, Michelle, exactly true words:)

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/6/2023 4:29:00 PM

Thanks, Jo, appreciate it

Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/5/2023 9:51:00 PM

That about sums it up, Michelle. Poetry is a real gas! Chemistry and Fizz, gw

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/6/2023 4:29:00 PM

There one minute, gone the next! Thanks gw