She plants a niggling little thought -
This movie's boring! (though it's not)
I have something you'd like to see...
but, first, I'd have sweet poetry!
Anía, please, I'm much too tired...
My Dear, I know you're uninspired!
I know too well your life is dull -
Long, practiced fingers trace my skull...
I feel her breathing on my ear -
Let go frustrations, lose each care...
Now, fill this void with silver tongue;
verse for me hard 'til you are wrung!
Color your mundane, humdrum life;
your ho hum job and tiresome wife...
Yes, wield that pen with fingers deft!
Submit - you've no resistance left...
It's thus, groaning, I oft produce
expressive verse for artful muse.
A d’Verse prompt
Poetics: Who’s your Muse?
For this challenge, poets are to choose their muses. They may do this in any one of the following ways:
- Write a poem invoking the Muse, and following in the long-established classical tradition.
- Choose one of the nine Classical Muses and write a poem with her particular area of influence in mind (for example, choose Caliope and write a comedic poem)
- Write a poem inspired by your own personal muse, whether that be an individual, a place, or anything else which fires your creativity. You can refer to your muse either directly or indirectly, but some form of reference to your muse as a source of inspiration should be included.
The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱 
Muse, or: task master
Or dominatrix!
OMG, David! I would have asked you to lend your muse but…
❤️🔥
😍 Punam 😍
🤗 David 🤗
With such enthusiastic advice, how could anyone *not* pick up a pen and write poetry with deft fingers?! Wonderful advice that’s wonderfully put — and “fill this void” is a profound way to put it.
Thank you so much!
It’s all take, take, take with the void, Dave 😉
❤
David
I have been well and truly seduced by this piece.
Awwww…. thanks, Darius❣️
I love what you’ve done here, and nice to see an extended sonnet 🙂 I especially like this line ‘Long, practiced fingers trace my skull…’ because it could be the Muse calling you to write, or you calling the Muse into being by writing…
🥰 Thanks for the fun prompt, Ingrid 🥰
My pleasure David 😊
Sounds like that muse is a mistress of both pleasure and pain! She does seem to produce some great poetry in you non the less! Well done David.
💓 Dwight 💓
You did this wonderfully David….I liked the whole feeling..and any poem that is about a muse, personal or otherwise, makes my ears stand up:) like a German Shepard’s:)❤️🙏🌟
💘 💞 Karima 💞 💘
Killer couplets, one and all, so I guess she’s workin’, eh?
Workin’ daily, Ron❣️
-David
The artful muse is a good one. I specially like this part:
Yes, wield that pen with fingers deft!
✨🙏✨ Grace ✨🙏✨
She’ll have what she wants, tyvm!
💛 Fireblossom 💛
Yep, that’s pretty much how it is.
Thank you!
David
Love this, David! ❤
💖 Lucy, thank you 💖
Wow, David, the bitch is on fire. You let us ride the elephant, while you charmed the cobra with your poetic rhymes and rhythms. I like this piece a lot, it is chant poetry, and it is personal. You ain’t afraid of no writer’s block; smile. It is a Mitzvah, an atta’ boy, mantra, and ballad; nice work.
Glenn, that is such a kind response – and even somewhat poetic itself! Thank you so much.
❤
David
O yes.
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