Who writes poems ever day?

[R.C. KITCHENS]

It is hard to write a poem everyday. Theres just so much going on.

The reason I keep flogging this wound isn't because I am a masochist but rather it leads off a conversation I was having with someone else the other day and I do love being the devil's advocate.

I am pretty lazy, especially as it comes to writing, and settling yourself in and writing can be hard. It is easy if you are inspired, but inspiration comes along at its own, plodding unpredictable pace. I can go months without writing anything and just use the excuse "I am not feeling inspired or creative, but it is a self feeding cycle: the less I write, the less I feel like writing. I tested my theory out and made myself write 4 poems a day for a couple weeks. After that, I had lines of poetry running through my head almost constantly.

I am betting that if you worked in a Chinese "poem sweat shop" somewhere and were required to work 12 hours a day writing poems with a quota of a minimum of 12 sonnets a day or you wouldn't eat - - - you would write.

a Chinese "poem sweat shop" Jesus it would be mad. Pushing out 4 poems a day is alot for a lazy person. But, You were able to stay fluent like that. I got no creativeness since the medication and actually have to sit and think and sit and try to conjure something that is different from the normal poetry and still lack an ability to really say it like I'd like to say it. I might push out one rough poem every other day. I'td be wicked to try to write for 12 hours straight just to see what comes from it.

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If you want to do it, you will. If you "can't find the time"
it's probably not something you actually intend to do; it's
a daydream/fantasy like learning Spanish, or spending more
time with your sister, or volunteering at the homeless shelter,
or some such.

I have a friend who's passionate about writing fantasy stories
but has four kids. She gets up at 3am and writes while everyone
else is asleep. She also 'forgets' her kids soccer games and most
other social commitments, has an overgrown garden, neglects paying
her bills, and routinely screws up other aspects of her life.

She wants to do it and she does. (Maybe she should daydream
about it instead?)

P.S. I force myself to write a poem every 2 to 8 weeks unless I
decide not to.

It doesnt work out great in forcing it for me. Does it for you?