The Ideal Place

By luigi_pagano

Sat, 08 Jul 2017
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8 comments
 
I am in a coffee bar
that offers free Wi-Fi.
I open my laptop
but don’t get any signal
and I’m left high and dry.
I wait for my cappuccino
while the barista is toiling
over the coffee machine
that’s bubbling and steaming.
 
I get my pristine notebook
and start dreaming
of being the next J.K. Rowling.
(I’ve read she was at her best
when she wrote in cafés.)
I miserably fail this test
and my pride takes a knock;
not a single idea enters my head
and my notepad stays blank.
I fear I may have a writer’s block.
 
Perhaps the ideal place is my bed
in which, in the small hours,
my inspiration flourishes.
That is why I have set aside
a bedside table and a lamp,
a ream of paper and a pen.
I just hope that I won’t get
a writer’s cramp.
 
© Luigi Pagano 2017
Certificate U
Poetry Monthly
Mutevoli pensieri

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I suppose writer's block is a kind of writer's brain cramp.

Do ideas come when you look at a page, or do you reach for a page when ideas come? The cafe seemed like the former, the bed seemed like the latter!

Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

You have summed up the situation perfectly, Rhiannon. The ideas/page and page/ideas sequence is just how you describe it.
While I agree with your analogy of the writer's block being a kind of writer's brain cramp, the former is due to the lack of writing and the latter to an excess of it.smiley

Best, Luigi x

 

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

The notepad by the bed. A must, Luigi. Do you have a lot of distractions at the moment? I find writing a bit like going to the toilet. If it's not happening, it's not happening. Wait until the urge is there. Keep that notebook with you. You never know when a few sheets might come in handy. Hopefully the muse will tap you on the shoulder.

This is a great piece, by the way. It's doing its job.

Parson Thru

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I take the same approach, Kevin. I never force the issue. As for the notepad, it is a must as you rightly say. But I have been known to use the back of envelopes as well.
So glad that you approve of this effort of mine and thank you for letting me know.

Best regards, Luigi.

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Really enjoyed it, Luigi.

Parson Thru

Submitted by catherine poarch on

I enjoyed this - I always takepaper and a pen to a cafe, just to look important, of course. And mostly I write lists and brain storms about what I would be writing if I could get round to stringing those sentences together!

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Hi Catherine. I have read some of your writing and can truly say that you can string quite a few sentences together which are a joy to read. Keep up the good work.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by catherine poarch on

Ah, thanks, Luigi. Nice reply to come home to!