Stashing Words Away | Poetry
In a piggy bank,
hoarded I pithy phrases —
which I dared not use —
.
Similes and rhymes
and onomatopoeia —
All saved with a click —
.
Not enough, said I,
and kept them til they rusted —
corroding copper —
.
And til the robber
stood, pointing the gun at me —
a stingy miser —
A shout-out to all my writer friends - @jayna, @blueeyes8960, @wales, @quillfire, @manoldonchev and many others!
Just curious, do y'all sometimes feel this way too, that you have some nice phrases but you'd want to keep it for a story/poem in the future?
Much love,
Joey
Of course I've been there but I try not to, anymore. I believe something Stephen King wrote. It was something like...
Building something even better. The moment you share ideas, they start growing. Unless they don't. Natural selection, I guess.
Hey! Oh wow, that Stephen King quote is so true. I should remember the next time I feel tempted to hoard haha.
Yeah, and you never know what's truly good until you actually use it ((:
This is very good, better than I can do...
No @wales it is just a different style (:
@joeylim
You have no idea.
When writing a poem, I will often come up with a stanza or a couple of lines that, upon reflection, don't fit the poem. Not wanting to lose them, I copy-paste them into a file I call the "graveyard."
Despite many attempts, however, I rarely seem capable of recycling them. It always feels like I'm "forcing them in." And hence, I cut them again. I have dozens (if not hundreds) of brilliant stanzas in the graveyard that have remained zombies for more than a decade.
Quill
Hi Quill, on one hand that is such a pity. On another, it shows how much of a prolific writer you are... ((:
P.S. My graveyard is much smaller than yours.
@joeylim,
Graveyards ... grow. :-)
Quill
Hehehe what a cute poetry. It is a good reminder that we should forget to spend what we collect, for either the robber will take it or the grim reaper.
@scrawly Yeapp that's right! (:
We have limited time (and words) - so we gotta make it count.
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I do this by topic. Never use any of them, but I can not throw them out. I guess if they give me a charge, that's something to keep.
I love the image of your snippets rusting away, but still pretty, like corroding copper. Nice, very nice.