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My muse, the slut, still snores

My dearest obsession is playing tricks on me again
inspiration atoms zoom past my incredulous eyes

I am the catcher deprived of the rye
the hunter whose net hangs limp and empty

und die Muse, das Luder, pennt*

just a glimpse of her lucid dreaming
would fertilize my articulate wasteland

just a gaze from her luminiscent eye
would colour my mirageless desert

but my muse, the slut, is snoring

*and the muse, the slut, is still sleeping/ Barbara Noack






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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

Well, Nina, as much as I

Well, Nina, as much as I enjoyed your poem and loved the title (I'm going to google her poems on the net, too), I'm here to tell you....my muse both abuses and amuses me.. much more the former. So let her snore. 'Cause watch out--there's hell to pay when she awakens. lol. Hug, Anna
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Ink Dragon

16 years 2 months ago

Hahaha!

Well, I think I am going to shake her a little, just to see what happens when she awakens :) I've always been the kind of kid who touched the thing that it was told not to touch, out of pure idle curiosity: "What happens when...?" Thank you for making me laugh, love. Yours, ~Nina
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Arrow

16 years 2 months ago

Why is it that muses can nap so much,

hibernate even and regular people must go to work, thinking and saying their boring thoughts? Well, I liked this poem and its butterflies rushing towards and away in annoying fashion. Just a couple of things: *no colourful wings to grasp According to line 1, there are colorful wings to grasp; they are capering about before your very eyes. *inspiration is intangible It seems to me the inspiration is Tangible. That is what is so annoying. They are fluttering about, at the tip of the tongue or the tip of the net as you say in the next line, "just out of reach."
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dearest Nina

I have every confidence you will awaken the wench ... find out what she took to go to sleep mine hasn't shut up for months want her ? lol shes a bitch though doesnt like me to sleep .... I liked your block poem seems like somethings pushing through maybe making room for another Will be going away for a week or so catch you when I get back take care and write heaps ill still pop in and comment when time permits love and biggest hugs Jayne x x x
Mark

Mark

16 years 2 months ago

Toss

Just came by to toss you sonme of my muses (the damn things) they just won't give a break it is exasperating ! You can put em in a box and lock it if you like ;) Mark "some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night"
Bonitaj

Bonitaj

16 years 2 months ago

AH Nina!

You crack me up! Dare I say that your muse may well be a Male! and you haven't enraged him enough to ravish you! Whew - now where did that come from? Love the frivolity of some of your writes! Tschuess! Boni
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Ink Dragon

16 years 2 months ago

Hi Boni,

if you liked my version, you will love Tink's. It's posted in a comment at http://www.neopoet.com/node/32647 We wrote these as off the cuff challenges :) it was fun. Yours, ~Nina
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IKnowNoBox

16 years 2 months ago

Around about a year ago..

my muse entered a coma I fretted so awonder' what to do.. then I found hidden an abondoned stack of scribbling among which was an inventation to explore beyond this waken world and lowe to my astonishment my muse had set up residence away from the hustle bustle
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Ink Dragon

16 years 2 months ago

Hahaha!

Must be hard for muses these days :) Thanks, David. It does feel good to have you back here. Yours, ~Nina
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Nina

Your muse is a lazy bitch, sleeping so much. But even without her, the poem is superb. When my muse awakens I have nightmares. Always, Cat
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Ink Dragon

16 years 2 months ago

Aw, Cat,

I am going to write a sequel: Beware, my muse awakens! Superb... and here was I thinking of it as a bit of fluff... thanks for your kind comment, dear one. Yours, ~Nina
kaligantsaros

kaligantsaros

16 years 2 months ago

Anything with a foreign language..

I am a sucker for a foreign language! And the little German line at the bottom really is so beautiful sounding and adds that cultured intellectual feel. The butterflies though are a little cliche and the the unexpected "0h" adds a touch of unexpected and rather halting Victorian quality to it. Get dirty with it! The title promises so much but the butterfly images just aren't in keeping with the promise! Kal
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Ink Dragon

16 years 2 months ago

Theo, my dirty friend ;)

I will try and write a dirty version, then tell everyone you're responsible. "He pushed me!" :P Yours, ~Nina
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 2 months ago

A-Muse-ing!

Ann of Norway Perhaps they were flying ants and lost their wings Nina! Your muse I mean. Love from me.
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Ink Dragon

16 years 2 months ago

Ann,

I like that image. Ants that lost their wings... My first edit is up, alongside the original. Do let me know what you think, please. Much love Yours, ~Nina P.S. Got that heart of hearts, thanks.
Mark

Mark

16 years 2 months ago

my muse

Although I don't really understand foreign language my muse is in a menage au trois (I think thats spelled right) and it's kind of a sexy thang.. Mark "Do not ask me about poetry, I am just a poet"
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Ink Dragon

16 years 2 months ago

Kata!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No more snoring now that you're here on my page! Now, let's get rid of the snow. It's time for spring. See you tomorrow, sweety. Love&hugs Yours, ~Nina
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IKnowNoBox

16 years 2 months ago

The Second revision..

Yet, set the first on a shelf, file under progressive pieces. Perhaps you attracted a surrogete muse.
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Ink Dragon

16 years 2 months ago

Took your advice

and just in case you mean Kata, the proprietress, with the surrogate muse: She's the real thing. Thank you, dear David. Yours, ~Nina