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Then Crickit made me think...about racing thoughts

as crickets are persistent in their message what is it to be over inspired

inspiration excessive conscious flow deeper then I am ready for with a raft

most unsteady how will I ever make it a foot in the rapids before me

i do not need of all things a muse taunting me

so I ditch my muse tell my muse to sit right here and wait for me

then I slip off to find my Anti-muse that is my take my thoughts away

from a need to explain that I am still in need of study  because i am sure

I can say it better if I just let it return to me as a memory upon reflection

Sort of like a fighter, a person who knows how to fight well doesn't just do battle

constantly however  their discipline does not leave them when they are at rest 

a poet stuck without a pen an artist in self exile from their canvas to study

the various textures that may alter the perception and even the dimension

of a work that may have been a standard/regular well done but not Wow

when I start out running my regularity there is a zone and the background

this is when  pace and technique come into the equation even  an abstract

artist  needs to study medium (I really should get a dictionary)

a study need not create a big impact on me then I would be para phrasing

but still to avoid common trappings (trite,gratuitous,and self cerebral)

or miss a better perspective that would compliment a poem better.

through study somethings become  second nature?A blind musician...

so with what little influence from external studies I made due with current

and present company .

 muse and  a few  friends I  met along the way who I can count on to tell me

a better way to say what overcomes me some times,instead of letting me

run so far ahead I miss the scenery,or get a muscle cramp from lack of training

then my muse will see me at her best.

I still like to play hide and seek with my muse and anti-muse

for study I read poems from outside the box and i know where to

find some really Awesome poems...

some that make me think some that create conversation

some that leave little to be said.

if only i had more time at this portal

so as my mind heals and I regain my  mind

sharpen my skills,and apply them to a new craft

I hope to keep my muse interested so i might just once

show her what she is worth to me...

then let the constructive,guiding,technical,and generally

challenging people that impress me more then I believed possible

I mean really keeping my attention.

so I will continue to learn to pace myself

because that is how we run together

I run alone some time please do not think me self absorbed

I am only in study.When I seem abstract it may be my muse in an odd mood.

as muses are prone to .