314 - When I sit down to write, I don't know what

When I sit down to write, I don’t know what
I’m going to write about, and those readers
Familiar with my work perhaps will not
Be surprised I write whatever occurs.
For it is such a big old universe
That there is no excuse for writer’s block,
Although all of us sometimes feel its curse,
And then feel we belong under a rock!
There’s our own past, people we know, a shock
We had today, a joke, maybe a hot
News topic, or a song that inspires us,
Or someone or something we want to mock.
Poetry’s strength is that there’s not a lot
Of forethought needed: just write what occurs!
Sun 15 July 2007