MEASURING THE OUTCOME
I focus on numbers every day.
Who comes to my websites and then walks away
without leaving anything good to say
(or bad, for that matter). I just want to know.
Am I a failure if words are unread?
If no one has bothered to hear what I’ve said,
would my creative spirit be better off dead
(or if not dead, dying). I just want to know.
Am I a success if stay to the task
with no adoration in which I can bask?
A question I’m not quite that foolish to ask.
I don’t know want the answer. I don’t want to know.
But up to the surface, a truth will arise
without expectations on which to surmise.
A writer keeps writing, without compromise.
And that is the answer I already know.
Weekly poetry prompts drawing inspiration from a selected quote from the BrainyQuote website.
THIS WEEK'S QUOTE PROMPT:
My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness. Mary Garden
My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness. Mary Garden
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
WE’RE MOVING TO TUESDAYS
The Magnified Muse poetry quote prompts will move to Tuesdays, beginning September 28, 2010. We expect the weekly prompt to be posted by 10:00 a.m. EST. In the event of a delay, the updated posting information will be published here as soon as possible. So mark your calendars accordingly, and have your pencils, pens or computers all ready to write on Tuesday mornings!!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
#26 - Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
A SEUSSICAL STANCE
Politically speaking,
I’m more left than right.
But it’s more than a party
that gives me my light.
I’d rather be thinking
the things in my head
than to base my opinions
on what pundits said.
If I speak my own mind
on a number of issues,
I can’t be offended
or run for my tissues
when others will argue
my points are absurd.
I am grateful for having
the chance to be heard.
So what it comes down to
is perfectly clear:
If my wisdom is lacking,
then be of good cheer.
I don’t make decisions
that make the world spin.
I don’t preach too loudly
on the state we are in.
I simply remember
to see what I see,
and am grateful to those
who let such a thing be.
For what other country
would give us the right
to express ourselves fully,
to believe what we might?
This place where we live
has some bruises and bumps,
but it has more potential
than thought by some grumps.
Politically speaking,
I’m more left than right.
But it’s more than a party
that gives me my light.
I’d rather be thinking
the things in my head
than to base my opinions
on what pundits said.
If I speak my own mind
on a number of issues,
I can’t be offended
or run for my tissues
when others will argue
my points are absurd.
I am grateful for having
the chance to be heard.
So what it comes down to
is perfectly clear:
If my wisdom is lacking,
then be of good cheer.
I don’t make decisions
that make the world spin.
I don’t preach too loudly
on the state we are in.
I simply remember
to see what I see,
and am grateful to those
who let such a thing be.
For what other country
would give us the right
to express ourselves fully,
to believe what we might?
This place where we live
has some bruises and bumps,
but it has more potential
than thought by some grumps.
Monday, September 20, 2010
RESCHEDULED QUOTE PROMPT: 9/21/10
Good morning, everyone. A situation has arisen which makes it necessary for me to move today's poetry quote prompt to tomorrow, 9/21/10. Thanks for your patience and understanding. See you tomorrow morning!
Monday, September 13, 2010
#25 - My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. Mary Todd Lincoln
SOME OTHER TIME
I have a list of things to write, but still the page lays bare.
I surf the web, play with the dogs, and, sometimes, simply stare.
The page remains an empty place that words refuse to fill.
Creative juices cease to flow, replaced by lack of will.
So many other things to do that don’t exhaust the mind,
I quickly redirect my thoughts to acts that will not bind.
I focus my attention on whatever comes my way,
and put behind me, once again, what should be done today.
I have a list of things to write, but still the page lays bare.
I surf the web, play with the dogs, and, sometimes, simply stare.
The page remains an empty place that words refuse to fill.
Creative juices cease to flow, replaced by lack of will.
So many other things to do that don’t exhaust the mind,
I quickly redirect my thoughts to acts that will not bind.
I focus my attention on whatever comes my way,
and put behind me, once again, what should be done today.
Monday, August 30, 2010
NEXT QUOTE PROMPT ON 9/13/10
Due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 6th, The Magnified Muse weekly quote prompt will not return until Monday, September 13th. Enjoy your holiday weekend and be safe!
#24 - The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Maya Angelou
We spent the day looking
for a new place to live.
The heavy snows of winter, and
the summer grass that grows nonstop,
caused our minds to think of condos
or townhouses with no yard.
Dreaming of low maintenance,
we rode around for hours,
looking at this and looking at that.
And then, we came back to this house.
This house is perfect for us.
The size of the rooms,
the layout,
the neighborhood --
everything about it meets our needs.
And forgetting the grass,
forgetting the snow,
and forgetting everything we think we want,
this building has transformed itself
into more than four walls and a floor,
a front porch, a backyard, a roof over our heads.
In the three years we’ve lived here,
this house became something beautiful:
a place to share time with good friends,
a place to share play with our furry family,
a place to share life with each other
through the ups, the downs, the laughter and the tears.
Move? To where?
This simple building, this special place, is our home.
for a new place to live.
The heavy snows of winter, and
the summer grass that grows nonstop,
caused our minds to think of condos
or townhouses with no yard.
Dreaming of low maintenance,
we rode around for hours,
looking at this and looking at that.
And then, we came back to this house.
This house is perfect for us.
The size of the rooms,
the layout,
the neighborhood --
everything about it meets our needs.
And forgetting the grass,
forgetting the snow,
and forgetting everything we think we want,
this building has transformed itself
into more than four walls and a floor,
a front porch, a backyard, a roof over our heads.
In the three years we’ve lived here,
this house became something beautiful:
a place to share time with good friends,
a place to share play with our furry family,
a place to share life with each other
through the ups, the downs, the laughter and the tears.
Move? To where?
This simple building, this special place, is our home.
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