The Absence of Wavelength and Sight

I'm Getting a Mental Cramp

I can't figure out the judges for Writer's Cramp. I create something I don't like and I win. Make something I take pride in and not even close to a whiff. I can write a solid poem in five minutes, edit it into a gem in less than 24 hours. Just going to keep putting them out there and keep watching others surpass me, while inspired to keep trying to see what they'll accept or reject next as more of a clinical experiment. Never knowing who the judge is going to be is vexing. It could be someone who hates poetry.

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It's acknowledgment of Emily Dickinson, not that a judge would say why or why not a daily write is worthy, but they should get the inference. I effort to write daily, which I can do on my own. I'm writing to stale prompts, which I try to polish and make look good. I can come up with more inspiring words to induce my pen, just seek prompts that aren't cliché and deserve introspection to carry forward inclinations as creations toward some ultimate goal. To be better writers, or published?

I seldom mail it in when I attempt. But, don't want to toil needlessly over a project that spins out right where it has begun. On to the next one, as I say in my poetry blog. Maybe you've heard of it? 2020 Quill for best poetry collection (I might start milking that):

BOOK

The Absence of Wavelength and Sight  (18+) A nothing from nowhere cast his words to a world wide wind, hindered by periphery. #1149750 by Brian K Compton, inexorable

Look back at my 14 1/2 years here and notice how much I've improved. That's from tireless, obsessive-compulsive, ADHD-driven effort.

an emoji is worth upwards of 10 words. Sometimes, it's better to say nothing. But, why else blog?