Congested Creativity

Brain freeze
during a five-minute
free write
at the beginning
of class

like

sitting
in an empty
room
when
wifi fails
immediately after 
clicking search

cold air
blowing 
in your face
keeping
words locked 
outside 
your head

Check out these poems about the writing process: Writing Rebel, Dreamspace, Drowsy Inspiration.

Drowsy Inspiration

I thought
about 
writing 
a cinquain
Of a half-dozen couplets

In iambic pentameter
But
the hour
passed 
eleven.

I took 1 milligram of melatonin
With eight ounces of water,
And my mind now works in 
mo・no・syl・lab・ic
thoughts.

Good
night.