Insecure Writer Succumbs to Poetry

Insecure writer me

How on earth came this to be?

In days before this passion came

My writing ne'er appear so lame. 

So tell me please why now mere words 



Jay Hilgert





And now your turn. Some poetry to express yourself? 

I think we should have an Insecure Writer Poetry Contest

 with prizes, of course.

Your thoughts? Gemme some words before they fly away.




 

Flit past my brain like agile birds,

Not lighting on the page the way

I'd planned they'd perch and there to stay.

Instead these feathered shadows fly 

Before the ink I can apply.








Sliding on the Edge, C. Lee McKenzie, WestSide Books, Spring '09
The Princess of Las Pulgas, WestSide Books, Fall '10
The First Time, Fall '11 (Anthology story: Premeditated Cat)
Alligators Overhead, Outskirts Press, Fall '12