That Dreaded Phase Writers Can Intermittently Experience


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This week’s poem depicts a condition that those in the writing field suffer from at various intervals due to the stagnant state of their creative juices—a result from the following occurrence.

When Inspiration Takes

a Vacation

Alas! Today

is one of those

times

when I

strain, strain

my brain

only to

find

myself

barely able

to write

for I’m

stuck

in that

torturous

state

of

writers block!

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