writers block – Flippant, Comic, and Serious

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Dominique Bauby)

After a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him. There is never a timeto stop learning new things

Coffee I’m in Trouble

Coffee I’m in troubleMy head’s gone vacant (shit)I don’t know what to write aboutI feel a useless git It’s suggesting table……. I am a wooden tableI have four wooden legsKick them out from under meI then will have no legs DM

Tick Tock Writers Block

I’m suffering writers blockA myth I’m told (tick tock)Hang on, I feel a thoughtWhich I’ll now pen (I ought) Well done….. Don MatthewsJune 2021

How Come Don?

I have so many ideasComing out my headI really can’t/don’t follow“I’ve writer’s block” when said My mind’s strung out in overloadYou ask me why? how come?Writers block’s a myth to me(But not it seems to some) How come Don? My bloody pesky neuronsJust won’t give me a breakThey simply keep on partyingAnd tell me goContinue reading “How Come Don?”

Aha My Clock’s Turned Sunday

Aha my clock’s turned Sunday Saturday’s out of sight Come on mind, don’t let me down Whatever can I write? (Mind…think….think….) Poet what you looking at? A page that’s bloody blank I need a poem on it for My editor to frank (Mind…think….think….think….think….think….) But Sunday is my day of rest You’ll have to wait ’tilContinue reading “Aha My Clock’s Turned Sunday”

Blank, Blank…and more blank

My head right now is empty They call it writer’s block Don’t want to waste what’s up there now So blank, blank, blank, blank, blank Don Matthews June 2020