Another Fix, Another Poem
Acrostic32 total reviews
Comment from ciliverde
For some, writing is indeed like an addictive drug, that slowly kills us as we indulge, in spite of ourselves (sorry - just going with your theme!)
It's a "must" not a "need" - I have to agree with that. So, you ask for a quiet mind, but faced with blankness and the lack of verse, you are plunged into despair - careening over your own wretched waterfall (wonderfully vivid image, although sort of awful).
The truth...well, now, I believe that "truth" is overrated. Everything depends on something, and it's all shades of grey, so rarely black and white.
Nice job! Vivid and thought-provoking,
Carol
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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For some, writing is indeed like an addictive drug, that slowly kills us as we indulge, in spite of ourselves (sorry - just going with your theme!)
It's a "must" not a "need" - I have to agree with that. So, you ask for a quiet mind, but faced with blankness and the lack of verse, you are plunged into despair - careening over your own wretched waterfall (wonderfully vivid image, although sort of awful).
The truth...well, now, I believe that "truth" is overrated. Everything depends on something, and it's all shades of grey, so rarely black and white.
Nice job! Vivid and thought-provoking,
Carol
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Yes, agree with your thoughts on truth. It's too difficult to define, so the attempt to understand is a good start with some trust thrown in maybe.
So pleased you liked this. I have no idea where it came from. LOL mikey
Comment from Lovinia
Hi Mikey
WOW! You sure have it BAD. Hooked well I'd say and too late to make the turn around. :( Oh poor Mikey, I weep for you, for I know well what you go through. I've been there as many have ... the haunting scaryiness of the artiste. LOL Some of course, I are more severely addicted than others ... some have already made the decent into writing madness, or is it writing euphoria? LOL
Anyway sound like you need some of my purple brownies ... posting to you as soon as they come out of the oven.
This is a great write for the contest. I guess your really hits hard on the "fix" that's needed, and the blood and tears. So many think poetry is a wimp's sport ... how can they know without being there? Fabulous. Great presentation. Mine is complete, just needs some dollars to post. :)) Hug hugs - Lovi xoxoxo
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Hi Mikey
WOW! You sure have it BAD. Hooked well I'd say and too late to make the turn around. :( Oh poor Mikey, I weep for you, for I know well what you go through. I've been there as many have ... the haunting scaryiness of the artiste. LOL Some of course, I are more severely addicted than others ... some have already made the decent into writing madness, or is it writing euphoria? LOL
Anyway sound like you need some of my purple brownies ... posting to you as soon as they come out of the oven.
This is a great write for the contest. I guess your really hits hard on the "fix" that's needed, and the blood and tears. So many think poetry is a wimp's sport ... how can they know without being there? Fabulous. Great presentation. Mine is complete, just needs some dollars to post. :)) Hug hugs - Lovi xoxoxo
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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I had no idea what I was writing and had to read it after I posted it to see what it was about. LOL
Yeah, a little dark I guess. But a fun dark designed to secure me purple brownies. YUM. This is so much fun. I don't know what part of my brain produced this, but I welcome it to the party. mikey
Comment from Joy Graham
Well done! You and I were thinking the same with the tortured writing addict. Yours is much better than mine. I like the image of bleeding onto the page. Best wishes in the site contest. You have a strong contender.
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Well done! You and I were thinking the same with the tortured writing addict. Yours is much better than mine. I like the image of bleeding onto the page. Best wishes in the site contest. You have a strong contender.
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Oh, i liked yours quite a bit. Yeah, we went for tortured. LOL
A lot of variety considering we all had the exact same words.
That would be funny if I got a mention in the contest. HA! That would be great advertising for our little club. :)) mikey
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You have far better luck in contests than I.
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Well, it's not luck in your case, but skill.
Comment from MissMerri
Actually, this is one of the best, and most relatable, writing poems I've encountered in a long time. It is clever and pathetic, beautiful and sad, creative and piercing. It is powerful too... and of course I have no sixes left, but I see a mistake I know you didn't want... second line. R rejection... (extra 'r') Anyway, I wanted to tell you soon... before anyone else does, and also assure you it is six-worthy, for sure. Tomorrow, I'm sure you will get many of those, so I won't waste time weeping today. The last three lines are perhaps my favorite, but I loved them all.
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Actually, this is one of the best, and most relatable, writing poems I've encountered in a long time. It is clever and pathetic, beautiful and sad, creative and piercing. It is powerful too... and of course I have no sixes left, but I see a mistake I know you didn't want... second line. R rejection... (extra 'r') Anyway, I wanted to tell you soon... before anyone else does, and also assure you it is six-worthy, for sure. Tomorrow, I'm sure you will get many of those, so I won't waste time weeping today. The last three lines are perhaps my favorite, but I loved them all.
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Oh, great eye there. I wouldn't have noticed that in a million years. Wow. What a wonderful and uplifting review. I'm copying this and reading it every morning. It means all the more coming from one of the very best here. I'm not alone in thinking that you know. :)) Thanks so much. I'm smiling and my face doesn't even know what to do. LOL mikey
Comment from jusylee72
Well that about says it all about the pain of writing and opening up ourselves to the critique of others. Your writing truly touched me and I felt my own anguish in your words. I am learning so much from all of you. I only found this site in February but it is helping me change my life for the better.
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Well that about says it all about the pain of writing and opening up ourselves to the critique of others. Your writing truly touched me and I felt my own anguish in your words. I am learning so much from all of you. I only found this site in February but it is helping me change my life for the better.
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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That's so lovely to hear. I remember the first post I saw of yours and how uplifting it was to see that it was really good. It took some nerve to just jump in here with all of us literary giants. HAHAHA!! I'm so pleased this had such an affect on you. How satisfied that makes me feel. Wow. Thank you so very much, mikey
Comment from Taffspride
Such a good entry for the contest Mikey, Unlike so many of you, my addiction is not writing, but...
I enjoyed reading this well penned work.
Good luck in the contest.
Iechyd da
Ann
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Such a good entry for the contest Mikey, Unlike so many of you, my addiction is not writing, but...
I enjoyed reading this well penned work.
Good luck in the contest.
Iechyd da
Ann
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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I'm just an addictive personality. It's been other things, music, a bird store, stamps=nerd alert, I happen to know I'm a total addict, so I find things that won't harm me. This is one of them although my wrists are a little sore. LOL
Glad you liked. mikey
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My addiction in younger days, ballet, and tennis, now it's golf. But the one addiction has always been, and will always be, reading. I can never read enough.
Enjoy your day
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Tennis. Yep, had that one. Reading falls short of addiction because the writing takes over. I'll start to read and then I have to write. mikey
Comment from dejohnsrld (Debbie)
I couldn't get FS to upload mine. It took forever. A very good write, my friend. A walk on the dark side. Great use of rhymes enhance the flow of this. Good work~Debbie
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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I couldn't get FS to upload mine. It took forever. A very good write, my friend. A walk on the dark side. Great use of rhymes enhance the flow of this. Good work~Debbie
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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I couldn't get Google to download a picture. I had to delete Google and re-load it again to make it work. Rats. I wrote this really fast. Oh well, getting stuck is part of the fun I guess. ERRRRGGGGHHHH. Glad you liked this. Yours was a winner. mikey
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
R rejection <-- You have an extra R here.
You make it sound so serious, as if an addiction to writing is like an addiction to heroin. Relax and enjoy the words... they are harmless. In fact, using words makes you strong and healthy, so end the guilt and keep writing beauties like this. :)
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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R rejection <-- You have an extra R here.
You make it sound so serious, as if an addiction to writing is like an addiction to heroin. Relax and enjoy the words... they are harmless. In fact, using words makes you strong and healthy, so end the guilt and keep writing beauties like this. :)
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 24-Apr-2016
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Oh, that's sharp to catch that. It's like one of those tests where they repeat "the" and no one sees it. :))
I tend to exaggerate. HAHAHA! Yeah, it's not quite so dark. But it is pretty compelling. Actually, one of the great things about this place is that it's the BEST excuse to indulge ourselves and it appears to be perfectly normal. Oh yes, I'm on a schedule. Half a million words a year, it's all rankings, stars and the like. Perfectly normal.
I'm pretty calm, so i'm okay. WHOOOOOOO. Yep, okay. mikey
Comment from CD Richards
Mikey, all serious? Say it isn't so!
Well, there is going to be quite a range this week I think.
This reminds me that we writer types have many things that drive us (haha I said "we" - lol as if I'm part of that gang).
Nicely done!
Craig
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2016
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Mikey, all serious? Say it isn't so!
Well, there is going to be quite a range this week I think.
This reminds me that we writer types have many things that drive us (haha I said "we" - lol as if I'm part of that gang).
Nicely done!
Craig
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2016
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Serious. This was all supposed to be a comic bit, a send-up of those sanctimonious writers who thing there every word is so deep and meaningful. HAHAHAHA!!! Damn, it's a relief when it's over. Jeesh!
I feel the same way when I say "we". But, if we say it together it makes if valid I think!
I can't believe the range and quality already. What a trip. Off to review. Thanks a million, mikey
Comment from I am Cat
the image works for me.... looks like a bloody sacrifice. ;) lol
well done Mikey. nice job. and in record time. I must say, these quickies
are just as good as any Acrostics I've ever read that took plenty of time, lol (I'm not sure what that says) lol
good job
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2016
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the image works for me.... looks like a bloody sacrifice. ;) lol
well done Mikey. nice job. and in record time. I must say, these quickies
are just as good as any Acrostics I've ever read that took plenty of time, lol (I'm not sure what that says) lol
good job
Comment Written 23-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2016
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I had to go to I.E. damn Google wouldn't download an image for some reason, I got stuck there. Jeesh, I wrote this and din't have any idea what I wrote. So, I'm pleased you enjoyed. Thank God it came out as something coherent. LOL mikey
