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March 8, 2011

The Surging

I feel the familiar surging
Whenever my Muse is near

Not pressure, just a glowing
Growing, flowing in my mind

It pulses and expands
Warming-up my insides

I feel energy building up
Looking for release

But sometimes it seems
I make an unfit conduit

There’s some broken circuit
Or a failed fuse somewhere

Thoughts stagger and stutter
Across shorted-out wires

Just the barest trickles escape
But it shocks me just the same

Better than the electrocution
That would be the end of me

36 comments:

  1. I think we all get that feeling!
    Nicely expressed, and I like the ending with it's touch of humour.

    Thanks for visiting me earlier.

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  2. smiles. gotta let it out, even if just a little, to keep your head from exploding...

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  3. I know that feeling well ... TOO WELL! Entire theories seem to live right on the tip of my tongue but I can never seem to put them into words!

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  4. Eric,
    A wonderful poem, about the condition, we all experience, everynow and again!!

    Nicely crafted....
    Best wishes, Eileen

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  5. "Everybody's gone surging... surging U.S.A."

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  6. You have a busy muse Eric. I can relate to the short-circuted feeling, but I think you are a better conductor than most :o)

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  7. I love the electrical references. It reminds me of my uncle's electric fence for the cows. I knew it was wired, but I had to know what it felt like. Once I knew what it felt like, I wanted to touch it again to prove I wasn't scared. Electrical impulses are both mental and visceral. Beautiful choice.

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  8. Just make sure that you are always grounded Bubba!

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  9. Just this week I've been musing on thoughts that writing is like death, each time one approaches a blank page there is a clear beginning and an end. This poem touches on that, in a way, it was unusual, intriguing.

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  10. this builds so nicely eric - love the surging, glowing, pulsing and expanding - great dynamics

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  11. I once knew a man that was in a writing rut. He ended up writing more poems then usual all about his fading muse. :)

    Great piece. :)

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  12. ooh! I really get this ~ I feel like this. Brilliant poem : )

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  13. I know that even an electrical muse would do with you, and so well actually!
    :)

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  14. Really great way of looking at the creative act of writing—fleeting moments through electrical shorts, and not like the ones I wear in the spring. ba dum bum ch. Seriously, I've not heard it put quite this way.

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  15. Eric, it can happen at times. So, nicely said.

    Pamela

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  16. A light look at a frustrating feeling we've all experienced. But when the muse comes back, sparks fly :)

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  17. Love how you use circuits and electricity to express your muse and that to get something out is better than electruction....nice write...bkm

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  18. I'm certainly a better person to be around when I'm writing. So nice when the inspiration flows and frustrating when it stalls.

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  19. Sometimes what comes out of the ends of my fingers is truly shocking -- to me most of all. Loved this. Thanks, Gay

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  20. Electrical references were awesome. Loved the imagery.

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  21. I love the reference of a ball of energy for your muse. A delightful and uplifting poem. Did you team up with Sender about what topic you were going to write about? Thank you for sharing!

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  22. Are there sexual undertones to this? Or is it just me?

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  23. Ha!....Much better shocked than electrocuted! Muse fuse...nice.

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  24. You expressed it really well Eric!

    That's how you always do anyways :)

    Just the barest trickles escape
    But it shocks me just the same
    Better than the electrocution
    That would be the end of me..

    Loved it..
    xoxox

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  25. Nice one Eric, I really enjoyed this piece.

    Anita. ;)

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  26. Aaahhh.. been there, Eric!! That elusive little muse... I think you have described her perfectly over here!! But what will we ever do without her (or.. is it "him" for me?!? Umm..whatever)

    And while we are talking 'muses' here, you might wanna read my previous poem ("placed high").. yea, my muse spoke too! teehehe

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  27. I enjoyed this, and relate on multiple levels. Nicely stated, great imagery!

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  28. the times i have had this feeling...and then i look at something completely blank and its back again...great os...pete

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  29. Yes!
    And the opposite, the dearth and void, when the muse takes a holiday!

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  30. I'm missing my muse at present... Great write.

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  31. working with industrial electricity, this one warmed me in reading :) and somebody before me said it well. . .just stay grounded, friend :)

    monty / bummy

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  32. Hi Eric

    Its very lovely.. I enjoyed reading this one...

    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/03/whispers-memories-from-living.html
    At Twitter @VerseEveryDay

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