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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Click (04/18/13)
My scrambled thoughts like jigsaw bits
All scattered, disarrayed,
A tangled mess where nothing fits
My thinking’s stalled; I’ve drained my wits;
Can’t pass this brain blockade.

I try to fit a missing piece
And dislocate the rest,
Then as my angst and ire increase
Creative juices quickly cease;
My zeal has lost its zest.

It’s time to find a new pursuit
I’ve had my fill of words—
My mind’s made up, it’s absolute
I’m going to take another route
Leave rhythm to the birds.

I go to bed, my mind at ease
Content I have control
I try to sleep but clicking keys
Invade my dreams with rhymes that tease
And aggravate my soul.

I toss and turn as words abound,
Then click!! The word that fits—
My feet take flight, don’t touch the ground
The keyboard clicks with zest new-found—
What writer ever quits!

For writer’s block there’s no relief
Except the click of keys
And though at times there’s pain and grief
The problem is severe but brief—
A (key)urable disease.
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Fiona Stevenson
04/25/13
I do love this: it scans well, rhymes well, reads easily and makes the best of sense. Besides, I know of noting like words to desert you all day and throw you out of bed as soon as you relax. Keep writing. God bless you.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
04/29/13
This is a charming delight. You make writing poetry look easy and I know it is anything but that. I didn't see the ending coming which is always a delight for me.
Brenda Rice
04/30/13
Wonderful poem.
Great flow.
Covers topic.
Enjoyable and easy to read.
Well done.
Carolyn Ancell
05/02/13
Yes! You describe it so well! And I love the line "What writer ever quits!" When I work and work even in my sleep to create something regularly for the Challenge, it is exhilarating, exhausting, so much fun (when an idea arrives), and so excruciatingly hard and disappointing to have to occasionally surrender. Thank you for your words; and congratulations on making it successfully one more time to the keyboard! Don't ever give up.
Leola Ogle
05/02/13
How delightfully clever! Love it. Perfect for writers! You did a great job! God bless!
Leola Ogle
05/02/13
One of my favs! Congrats on your placement! God bless!
Nancy Bucca
05/02/13
Very creative. You did an excellent job with this. Congratulations on your EC.
Bea Edwards 
05/02/13
My brain seems to work that way for most tasks lately :-{
Cleverly written and a grin generator.
Congratulations on your EC placing.
Christina Banks
05/02/13
Congratulations on your EC! Any writer can identify with this poem. Well done!
Ellen Carr 
05/03/13
Congratulations on your 6th place in EC. I love your poem in its rhymes and rhythms and also in its message which is so true. I imagine many others spring out of bed (or rise more slowly in some cases!) to write/type something that has come to mind. Well done!
Claudia Thomason
05/03/13
Congratulations on your EC for this creative piece.