Creative Caffeine: What Was on the Floor

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

What Was on the Floor - Judy Radin

Crumpled stacks cover the floor
Write all day, toss pages aside all night

Never satisfied
Never good enough

Always tinkering
Always tweaking
First drafts suck
Mine, anyway
(Not his. Not hers.)
Can’t come up with the words.
Not right away.
Not all the time.
Try again tomorrow
New paper.
New topic.
Gather up the pages
Toss them in a bag
Make room for more
On the floor

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Creative CaffeineMarch 3, 2010 at 2:49 PM
I love this! And I love having it as the lead-off piece, since I thing we can all relate. What is so good about it is the way you capture both the frustration of writing, and the optimism - 'Make room for more, On the floor.'Just great!
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What Was on the Floor - Judy Radin

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