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Suffering from major writer's block (see my writing blog) which is so severe, I haven't written in this blog for over a year, and haven't written serious poetry since before that. I kind of gave up poetry temporarily, thinking that so few people actually read it, but it could be that it's so good for the soul that one should never give it up for any reason like that, and it could also be that people actually do read it, they just never pay for it, or never let you know that they're reading it. This blog is a good example. It has lots of poetry, experimental, avant-garde etc., and it actually has lots of readers. Lots. So I'll throw you my favorite one.

THIS IS TO SIGNIFY*

that you, the reader
are aware that everything
going on around you
is made possible through the cooperation
of everybody, mind you, everybody
who is involved, including
me and you, both of us.
Even though we might not be together,
we are here at the same moment
of time and space
on this very page, at this very point
in the power of language.
And you, the reader, are in control
of when and where we go
in your mind and the poem's.
You are the leader in this world.
I can only follow,
pushing for what it's worth.


*by Dave Morice, from The Actualist Anthology, edited by Morty Sklar and Darrell Gray, 1977, Spirit that Moves Us Press, Iowa City IA.


I leave this here as an inspiration, mosty for myself, as I need to read it often. And write more poetry!