Sitting off in my writing den
Put a line through my first effort – start again
Your writing implement – a thing of power
Refreshes your writing whenever it turns sour.
You think you are the master – it will soon put you in your place
With this quill tonight you will write nothing of disgrace
You think you write of your own free will?
Being sorted by a writing implement – is as hard to swallow as a bitter pill.
It’s beginning to dry up the ink flowing to its nib
But it refuses to give up – it knows not how to jib
So I give in – its blood flow I replenish
And allow it continue, task complete to finish.
C. J. Black∁β
19/11/2013 20:06:44
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The published and unpublished manuscripts of Chris Black. A writer from Wexford, Chris has been writing and publishing poetry for over quarter of a century. September 2016 saw his dream come to fruition with the publication of his first book of Poetry and Short Stories titled Same Train, Different Track.
Preferred reading - Autobiographies, the history of the native American Indian and a vast array of poetry books. Continues to write by day and night by giving the sawdust a shake which in turn awakens the grey matter. - has an eclectic taste in music, spent 16 happy years as a radio presenter in a part time capacity while "slaving" away at the coal face now enjoying all that retirement has to offer and more. Tweets @CJBlack2012, on Soundcloud @ https://soundcloud.com/the-poets-poet-1 youtube @Chris Black-poetry-spoken word. You can find his "work" at https://chrisblack2012.wordpress.com If you do happen to drop by do let him know your thoughts, who you are and where you come from - He will in time also pay you a return visit. Thank you.
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I am so put out with you Chris! It isn’t fair that you can make this sound so effortless…yet perfect. I know, I know. Life isn’t fair.
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Hi Marie, I hope you have recovered from being put out!! effortless sometimes takes me about 5 minutes so perfect I have not yet managed and probably won’t in this life time.
Perhaps you could insert a sample of your writing in a comment, I am intrigued.
Chris.
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I never considered I could write anything that could entertain, so I look with longing at your words that seem to have come so easily. At some point recently I found that I do have a sense of humor and have tried to inject it occasionally, but it has no real sense of reality as your poems do. For instance this poem is about a serious subject, “writing’ and yet you get that across but you entertain. I like the poem even more because it deals with what I love.
Okay, here is your sample of my approach to humor.
The Old Lady and I
Suspicious and cranky
The old lady seemed
Quite ready to take me
Apart at the seams.
Her eyebrows went up
In startled surprise
As her mouth pinched tight
Over words that took flight.
I murmured quite softly
To lessen her pain
And found surprisingly
We were one and the same.
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Thank you I’m delighted I asked – how about reposting this and await the reaction, really worth sharing with the world.
Chris.
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Thanks Chris, I’ll give it a try. I am new as one of your followers, but I[m going to miss you. Good luck in your hiatus.
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Cheers Marie, I will be hovering around Blogsville on occasions.
Chris.
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let the quill do its talking- that’s how my muse works
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Great when you have an implement to blame for any errors.
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