
It’s such a cliché to ask a writer if they get and what they do about Writer’s Block. However, if you do have any good remedies, would love to know; have had it twenty years now, as the following ‘poetry’ goes to show.





Writer’s block
Is like a sock
Sewn up at
Both ends
A hole in the toe
Isn’t the best
But is better
Than no way whatsoever
Ideas need coaxing
Eased forth
With metaphoric
Knobs of butterEach to the their own
Like a dog with a bone
Nattering on the phone
Or introverted aloneTake Normal Mailer
Snorted coke
Smoked Mary J
Thought it okayOr like Rowling
Go to a café
And sit in a
CornerDon’t ask me
Though people do
Then baulk
At talk of murder





More poetry:
- How to Make Writing First Person Narrations Easy as Baking a Cake (assuming you’re a really good baker)
- How to Give Good Blog
- Idle Zen vs. The Active Capitalist Agenda
- Groan
- Knocking Next Door
Thanks for reading 🙂
N. P. Ryan

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