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Writing a Poem

April 21, 2010
By Lydia Stevens SILVER, Pismo Beach, California
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Thinking, thinking, and... nothing.
How does this make you feel?
Blank, empty.
My mind is a white room, no furniture, nothing.
Sitting, waiting for a pop, an idea, a lightbulb to turn on; even a flicker.
Somehow the words are trapped.
A cold jail cell encloses them, prisoners in my brain.
Then, pop, a surprise. Now my mind is full of color.

The author's comments:
This is a Concrete Poem written for my poetry book called An Imprint of Me. Writing the poetry book was an assignment in my 7th grade English class.
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