Writing in Snow

Maybe it is a spiritual issue

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I am struggling to write poetry. I made an entry in More Snow Melt abut this earlier today. I write poem, but I cannot feel emotion in the poems. I remember writing the way I used to write poem. I felt stress, but I do not feel that any more. Not with the poems, I have written lately.

I recently wrote a poem for a contest and when I read it, the poem was lacking something, but I did not know what. I submitted the poem anyway. It was not a bad poem; however, I did not feel that it was a good or perhaps I should say excellent poem. I felt it was mediocre.

The poem seemed to be missing something. I could not say what it was missing. I felt it needed something, but I could not say specifically what it needed. Perhaps it is a spiritual problem. Perhaps I need to take a vacation from writing poetry. Perhaps I should walk outside and look up at the stars.

I submitted the poem because it was finished. If I rewrote it, I would change the poem entirely. The poem looked like a comment on modern society. The subject was waiting in line. I just did not feel any emotion in that poem. I know not all poems have to have emotion. Emotion is an important part of poetry, but sometimes it takes several rewrites to put some type of emotion into the poem.

Perhaps it is a spiritual issue. Perhaps Las Vegas is too hot and the heat affected the way I wrote. I did not feel the poem. When I wrote it, I felt detached from the subject. Perhaps I should have chosen another subject. The poem gave the impress that waiting was a game.

I completed the poem yesterday. I let it lay for a day before submitting it to the contest. I could have left it another day, but I did not feel there was any more to say on the subject. I did not intend to rewrite it immediately. I do not like rewriting poems right after finishing them. I posted it because I wanted feedback.

I think the poem has potential, perhaps I should have went for comedy instead of being serious. I do not know what is wrong with the poem perhaps nothing is wrong. I may rewrite it in a couple of weeks or I may let it lay for a month or so. I am not sure rewriting is the problem. Maybe it does not need rewriting.

Part of the problem is that the poem lacked emotion. I did not feel anything writing it. Usually I feel a little stress, but I felt nothing. I simply put words together attempting to get across the idea that waiting is a game. I wanted to show that patience is having something else to do while you are waiting.

I have to make Spanish rice for tomorrow, so I think I will put the rice on to cook instead of worrying about the poem. Do something else and let the poem cook in my subconscious.