In Praise Of Frustration (Limerick)
In Praise Of Frustration (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My muse is unleashed by frustration
And foiled by excessive elation.
When I’m irked or irate
I’m more prone to create,
While repose sends my muse on vacation.
(DVerse Poets wants to know what inspires our writing.)
Tags: Creativity, Frustration Humor, Inspiration, Muse, Writing & Publishing Humor
Bravo, what a clever limerick!
Thanks!
Yep. Emotions can play quite a trick
When lookin’ for words you can pick
One day you are slap happy, another sad
But there is always something humourous by Mad
So it’s by her side I will like glue, stick!
©JP/davh
Dear Mad; I must also agree…
I find that it’s easy for me
To rhyme when I’m mad
And, ‘though they’re all bad,
They’re worse if I’m feeling carefree.
I am the same way! I added your blog to my blogroll =)
Oh, Drat! Limerick~~“Drat” sounds like a groan from a ruffled U.K. professor & does fall “appallingly flat.” Mad’s cussing limerick~~as well as her homage to frustration [Ennui!]~~are enchanting, enthralling & so enticing to let us blurt out our +%#$@ fury. Blame it on our escalating coarseness or cable TV which habitually showcases how easy ’tis “to swear better than that”? Betcha Ms. Manners is effin’ rabid.
Love that creative genius needs a vacation sometimes as well…sweet limerick.
i was thinking i swear i commented on this…but you left it in the comment box at dverse too…ha….adversity def has a way of inspiring me…
Nice one. always best to keep the muse busy.
You are really clever!
Some folks debate
that there is no way to relate
to something that isn’t there
T’is their own cross to bare
No muse? They also say no fate
Every thing is justified
only scientific – leaves me terrified
no room to play
So sad their day…
no imagination leaves me mystified
©JP/davh
Very sweet!