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i usually write in a nostalgic or humorous slant to my stuff.
recently i've been reading everything from sexton to chaucer.
today i tried to write a poem for serious critique and bugger me if i couldn't decide how to write it. it's not a writers block as such but more of a glut. every time i try and do a poem i have to stop because it's so like something i've recently read. it;s like the dead poets are speaking in tongues through me. i managed to get a really short one out but the longer poem keeps stealing from other places. i'll try to do one later when my heads empty.
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Billy,
I think that your moxy is out of town on a date with my "mojo!" I don't know what a "glut" is but if it's worse than the writers block that has been straining my brain and evaporating mojo these past several days, my empathy runneth over friend. I'd write more but I can't think of anymore to write! Aaaaaagh!! My ywo cents.
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i hhate it, just when i get my moxey back (started a sonnet got 4 lines done) pow no more power, now it's intermittent but only for very short spells
we're in the middle of a hurricane as a speak and i'm now turning the pc off in case the mains get blown off again
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ficosdarkness,
if you can't think of anymore to write...try not thinking. poetry can come from many different places, the head, may be the worst place to look for it.
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i think sometimes it's good to stand back awhile, though not too long.
it seems like mojo is back in town
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Does losing my 'crit mojo' count? I swear I only get one good critique a day, then my brain goes mushy. Like that scene in "Old School" when Will Ferrell's character makes a brilliant, educated reply for the test the university administers and then he reverts to his old goofy self.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?
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(07-04-2011, 05:01 PM)Aish Wrote: Does losing my 'crit mojo' count? I swear I only get one good critique a day, then my brain goes mushy. Like that scene in "Old School" when Will Ferrell's character makes a brilliant, educated reply for the test the university administers and then he reverts to his old goofy self.
no ones good all the time. i often miss the intent of a poem and do a less than good crit. plus they can take a bit of time if you do 4 or 5 hehe.
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We all get burnout now and then. I find whisky helps
It usually takes me a good half an hour to do a proper critique (unless I'm racing Billy), and since it's hard these days to find a good half an hour, it's no surprise that I have to have a little lie down afterward... if only there was time to lie down... so yes, I guess that's my roundabout way of saying I know where you're coming from!
It could be worse
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"I find whisky helps" I love this site. Thanks, Billy!
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?
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glad you like it, it's the members who make it what it is. it's good to see you giving feedback.
i think 20 to 30 mins if fair for a decent poem crit, including the reading of it, i like to read it a few time then come back to it for the crit.
it also depends how good a poem is. i do rush a crit now and again but always try to give some constructive feedback.
