Paper Never Refuses Ink Poem by Annette Aitken
Paper Never Refuses Ink
Paper Never Refuses Ink
I'm sat here in the garden armed
with paper and pen
The heat of the sun it burns my skin,
with pen, in hand, I try to begin
eyes unfocused from the glaring sun
reflecting heat rays that can burn.
Senselessly the letters flow
down onto paper words will grow
Ink escapes like little ants
make unsuspecting letters dance
then words again begin to flow
make something good for us to read or
meaningful words that flow with ease.
It's not the length of time it takes
if words are right or out of place
or if their good or even bad,
they make you happy, and also sad
as long as words continue to flow
Unless the ink runs out, of course.
There is one rule of thumb to think.
That's, ' Paper never refuses ink '.
It's nice to read this poem again, and this time it is the poem of the day! Well done, my friend!
'Ink escapes like little ants make unsuspecting letters dance' my favourite lines here, loved this, absolutely loved this; decades since I wrote an ant poem :)
Good title and I like it..The flow of the poem is encouraging the readers to finish reading the poem to find out what the real meaning of this work is..Beautiful..Congratulations, Annette Aitken..
Paper, ink, thoughts that flow down through the pen to the paper, brain working alt through. very nice depiction of a poet's art. thank you dear Annette
hey! i wasn't done! My Paper Refuses Ink A N D Ants! … [ Inspired by Annette Aitken’s “Paper Never Refuses Ink”; short; silly? ] WHO said “paper never refuses ink”? ! ‘My Paper’ hates both; thinks ink does stink! [Ants too. Squish one, and smell what’s left of them! ] So I never, EVER force ink on my paper, no matter what sort of poetic-caper …. I’m feeling like writing. Instead I use a number 2 pencil (like in first grade) . AND it’s easier to erase the mistakes I’ve made! ! (December 4, 2016) Thanks for the idea, Annette. bri :)
favorite lines (so far) : Ink escapes like little ants make unsuspecting letters dance.............nice image and nice rhyme! but if my wife saw you 'writing ants', she would slam her hand down on the poor little letters!
I am again visiting the poem s the title is so catchy for a poet not to read.Paper and ink are so closely related.Either of them has no meaning without the other.Emotion to poem is like ink to paper.Without emotion flowing no poem can be written.Thank you Annete Aitken for sharing this beautiful poem.
A wonderful poem with beautiful images came out of a fleeting comment. Congratulations for poem of the day selection.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/19/2024 5:39:52 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Irresistible title and very clever poem. How could the paper refuse? Sometimes we just need to get the words out of our head and onto paper. Very therapeutic for us, isn't it?