Would you?

[UnderYourSpell]

If I singled you out by name and gave you a subject to write about, could you, would you do it?

 

[EducatedOwl]

I used to do this back in school (I was a creative writing student at Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts many years ago). So I'm a little rusty, but yes, I think I could do it. Bring it on.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

If I singled you out by name and gave you a subject to write about, could you, would you do it?

Let's see.

 

[Touch_72]

Possibly. Ya never know! It depends on whether it inspires me to do so.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Possibly. Ya never know! It depends on whether it inspires me to do so.

Ah but isn't that the point of the exercise to see if you're a good enough poet to write about something (and make it interesting) that you haven't the slightest bit of interest in?

 

[UnderYourSpell]

EducatedOwl you subject is a blunt pencil

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Tess your subject is Hadrians Wall ........... googling is allowed

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Touch72 your subject is a squeaky wheelbarrow

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Tess your subject is Hadrians Wall ........... googling is allowed

No need, my hubby's a Mackem. Any time restraint? Any form?

 

[UnderYourSpell]

No need, my hubby's a Mackem. Any time restraint? Any form?

I thought to myself afterwards 'damn I think you told me you were English born' but too late lol no form at the moment but written and posted here before Friday please

 

[HarryHill]

Ah but isn't that the point of the exercise to see if you're a good enough poet to write about something (and make it interesting) that you haven't the slightest bit of interest in?

..
If someone suggests nano-clams, I'm getting the shell out of here

 

[butters]

maybe, baby - hit me up and we'll see

 

[butters]

..
If someone suggests nano-clams, I'm getting the shell out of here

 

[HarryHill]

No need, my hubby's a Mackem. Any time restraint? Any form?

ooh, tess, wana trade?

 

[HarryHill]

Touch72 your subject is a squeaky wheelbarrow

..
lol, you are merciless....

 

[UnderYourSpell]

ooh, tess, wana trade?

her husband?!!

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Harry your subject is Acne

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Butters your subject is Frisbees

 

[EducatedOwl]

EducatedOwl you subject is a blunt pencil

I could stop for a moment;
I could taper this blunted graphite nub
To a fine point,
Then return,
Needle-sharp
And ready to paint words
As prettily
As any Japanese calligrapher.

My letters are misshapen.
My hand begins to ache
From pressing too hard
Against the desk.
My lines are punctuated
By brown-gray marks
Where wood has scraped paper.

But the words keep coming;
They will not stop for my convenience.
And even if they would,
Who knows if
I could start them flowing again?
So I glance across the room
To the sharpener
Wistfully,
And think,
Not for the first time:
Not yet.

 

[butters]

Harry your subject is Acne

ha! *points and laughs*

Butters your subject is Frisbees

what the . . . ? evil. bloomin' evil.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

I could stop for a moment;
I could taper this blunted graphite nub
To a fine point,
Then return,
Needle-sharp
And ready to paint words
As prettily
As any Japanese calligrapher.

My letters are misshapen.
My hand begins to ache
From pressing too hard
Against the desk.
My lines are punctuated
By brown-gray marks
Where wood has scraped paper.

But the words keep coming;
They will not stop for my convenience.
And even if they would,
Who knows if
I could start them flowing again?
So I glance across the room
To the sharpener
Wistfully,
And think,
Not for the first time:
Not yet.

Shite! That was fast!

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I could stop for a moment;
I could taper this blunted graphite nub
To a fine point,
Then return,
Needle-sharp
And ready to paint words
As prettily
As any Japanese calligrapher.

My letters are misshapen.
My hand begins to ache
From pressing too hard
Against the desk.
My lines are punctuated
By brown-gray marks
Where wood has scraped paper.

But the words keep coming;
They will not stop for my convenience.
And even if they would,
Who knows if
I could start them flowing again?
So I glance across the room
To the sharpener
Wistfully,
And think,
Not for the first time:
Not yet.

Nice think it could be honed even further (pardon the pun) in a few places but it leads to a fabulous ending (envious!) very well done

 

[Mollie_F]

I'll give it a go...

 

[EducatedOwl]

Nice think it could be honed even further (pardon the pun) in a few places but it leads to a fabulous ending (envious!) very well done

Why thank you. I think, in hindsight, you threw me kind of a softball. Others got things like Hadrian's Wall. Giving me a pencil for a subject let me just write about writing.

 

[HarryHill]

her husband?!!

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Poems you Gerund Whore, dish me up, I can take it.