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Writers Block -- 07/2015
Needing inspiration
Having none
Words not coming
All dried up
And numb
Give me a taste
Just a nibble
Please a crumb!
Needing inspiration
But alas I have none
Thursday 29th October 2015 2:10 am
COPYBOOK WRITING
No pal at school ever called it exciting
Crouched over a desk - doing Copybook writing.
With dip-pen in hand slowly following each letter
Teacher over your shoulder - willing it better.
The scratch of the nib across a notebook
Juvenile attempts at a tidy "by rote" look,
With occasional splatterings of wayward ink
To cause a kid to stop and blink -
And hastily blot...
Tuesday 30th June 2015 5:00 pm
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