This Poetry Thing
I think this poetry thing
Is going to my head
Since now I can’t even think
Without putting my thoughts into stanzas
Without inserting needless line breaks
Without rhyming random words
I think this poetry thing
Is going to my head
Since now I can’t look at anything
Without hearing the whisper of the trees
Without seeing the story of the clouds
Without smelling the adventures in the kitchen
I think this poetry thing
Is going to my head
Since now I can’t write anything
Without making it a poem
Without chopping it into formats
Without putting it on my blog
I think this poetry thing
Is going to my head
Since now I’m supposed to be doing everything else
But, of course, I’m writing poetry
My Life is a Notebook 
Oh, a beautiful thought. And the recurrent “this poetry thing” is a great way to describe our mutual obsession with writing.
Loved it! Amy
Cool poem. It sure is hard to not make your language as beautiful as possible.
And you should never ever stop this poetry thing…you are sooo talented 🙂 xxx
u did well!
http://thursdaypoetsrallypoetry.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/the-perfect-poet-award-4-poets-rally-week-30/
the perfect poet award for you…
Happy Rally!
I have to chuckle because it is happening to me too. Great poem! Small story, I am in Michael’s today and there is a lady buying a basket of miniatures. If she had one, she had 2,000. Everyone was avoiding her line. I got right in it and waited. Seeing her purchases as a future poem or short story and not being in a hurry, I decided to avoid the other lines. There were two other lines both with about 10 people in them each. I still got out of there faster and was delighted by her basket of miniatures. So my point, I think this poetry thing is going to my head!
Well hey, at least this poetry thing isn’t a bad thing.
This poetry thing that is going to your head is just wonderful. Don’t ya’ love it. So please you thought to write it up. Nice work.
“Everything else” will be there waiting after the poem is penned. 🙂
Poem on. Happy Poets Rally days. Looking for yours. Here’s mine:
http://musingbymoonlight.com/2010/10/07/communing-with-snake/
If I posted the link twice, forgive me.
Poem on …
Welcome To link in a poem to our potluck today, thanks a ton!
http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/2010/10/poetry-potluck-seven-deadly-sins.html