Robin Amy Bass
SOMETIME WRITER
Sometimes I have a lot to say
Sometimes there’s not too much
Sometimes a verbal mural sprawls
Sometimes I lose my touch
Sometimes I hit it on the head
Sometimes it sounds like mush
Sometimes I have to let it flow
Sometimes I cannot rush
Sometimes words roll like tumble weed*
Sometimes I seem to gush
Sometimes I want to read out loud
Sometimes I’m asked to hush
Sometimes I sprout like dandelions
Sometimes I sound morose
Sometimes I say sometimes too much
Sometimes I sound verbose
Sometimes I let my Muse chime in
Most times I write alone
Sometimes I write till crack of dawn
Sometimes I take it slow
Sometimes my words fill up the page
Sometimes they just won’t come
And for I time I call it quits
Although I am not done
Sometimes I must turn down the noise
And put away my pen
Sometimes I have to walk away
So I can write again
©Copyright May 25, 2005 by Robin Amy Bass
Author’s Note: * Roll like Tumble Weeds line supplied by Tim/T-Bone… he gets half the money if it sells!
I remember the first time I deliberately sat down to write “a poem” It was like pulling teeth… Now I have a tougher time just honing things. Tim said the best thing, “Just keep writing.”
He was right… I was bored with my on-line diary and looking for something else when I stumbled across the IWVPA. I wanted to talk to someone about PTSD and had no idea that this place existed. It changed the focus of my writing… but more importantly it gave me a group of people who were like minded… I stumbled across such a wonderful group of talented and loving people… And the inspiration I have found here cannot be measured.
I know I would never have written a lot of my poems, were it not for this, and the other groups.
When I go through dry spells (And yes I do)… I just keep reading!
Robin
May 25, 2005