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As many of you know I was recently extremely ill. What few of you know is that I have since been terrified that the illness caused permanent brain damage. I've been unable to think, focus, concentrate. On the occasions I tried to ride over it my poetry has been crap, my critique has been obtuse and insensitive and I tended to fly off into blind rages (that one's not new).
So I've mostly been watching tele, not even reading. But a lot of that watching has been 'House'. You ever seen it? The irascible, drug addict brilliant diagnostician? No wonder I relate.
He has inspired me to be myself and do what I do.
Maybe even some poetry may emerge.
cheers
Jess
PRECIOUSLYSET1
13 years 3 months ago
YES!
I too had that same problem where everything I did just didn't seem to amount to anything that I considered repairable! I noticed now that at that time I really felt at my lowest and didn't feel that anything in my life was what I wanted or where I wanted to be. I've also seen that when I'm sick and bed-ridden for days or weeks and lose all contact with society or, at least my everyday hum-drum, I was put in a mood that just wouldn't leave. I don't like to NOT be able to do for myself, i don't know why it bothers me so much but it does, but i get down on myself and it has a ripple effect. I just wanted to say that I relate to you and it will get better! You were born with your talent and it will stay with you if you BELIEVE in it!
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weirdelf
13 years 3 months ago
[grins a strange manic grin]
thanks, friend, just finished commenting on your poem then came to this.
I suspect you are more than 30 years younger than me but we have similar minds. I am going to post an old poem of mine "Rats" that you might relate to.
weirdelf
13 years 3 months ago
rats
http://www.neopoet.com/workshop/poems/rats
scribbler
13 years 3 months ago
hello
Write and post what you write even if you think it's crap. Some of what I thought was inferior poetry I've written received the best reviews here. I thought by now you would know that a poet is his/her worst judge of their own work lol.
Now on to the important part : Did you know tha actor who plays House is British ans except on the show speaks wiyh a decided British accent? Another littlt known and useless fact lmao...................stan
weirdelf
13 years 3 months ago
Did not know that.
It's true we are our own worst judges.
PRECIOUSLYSET1
13 years 3 months ago
YES
He said he had to make up an accent that fit the part so he mixed up different ones