Saturday, August 9, 2014

The Inconvenient Timing of Eureka Moments

Lost Poem
by Rachel Hoyt

image by MR LIGHTMAN via freedigitalphotos.net


Missing: one poem in rhyme,
Last seen Wednesday around nine.
Two lines in the shower came,
Then dribbled right down the drain;
Three feelings blew through at noon,
Then skipped off to hop the moon;
Four signs on my commute shone,
Then went dark as sunset moaned;
Five rhymes chimed in a bird's song,
Then were hushed by a ding-dong;
Six words sparkled in my eyes,
Then went mute like stealthy spies.
The lines vanished before my pen,
Somewhere between now and when.

Copyright © 2014 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


Wired recently examined why creativity sprouts
when you're in the shower or out and about.


2 comments:

  1. If Apple or Microsoft reads here that would be cool; we ( I most certainly) is in need of a device which records thoughts as we think them. Even the fantastically fade by the time paper and pen is in hand. Enjoyed the read, good shtufffs.

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    1. If anyone as big as Microsoft or Apple reads here that would be very, very cool... but I think I only wish to be that influential. :) I'll keep trying! Thanks for pooping in.

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Rhyming or not, I would like a lot to hear the thoughts my words brought...