Writing Resources from Fifteen Minutes of Fiction

Ode to Trying

I struggle sometimes
And I linger
Though I actually know what to do.
Still finding the time
for the doing
Seems much easier for you

For everyone
is Somebody
And Somebody out there knows
The truth that I say
is for certain
Just there at the end of my nose

Those things in our lives
that are harder
We really do not like to do
But the other is
always easy
It's like a priority stew

For a stew has turnips
and onions
But it also has "taters" and meat
A full glass of water
for the former
But the latter is always a treat

So the stuff in our lives
that is bitter
Work and bills and "I could go on"
Are better if taken
with a spoonful of broth
That is flavored with winsome songs

Writing ought not to be
an onion
But a spoon full of meat and peas
For once the fingers
are fully extended
They easily strike the keys

We long to create
from nothing
That next great literature piece
But the mind and the hands
and laptop
Alone cannot write "War and Peace"

So I offer to you
in this sonnet
If I may and if you will accept
A simple rhyme
that's almost in meter
And another great first attempt

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