Poems on X: Griffonage On Empty Pages
Poetry at The Poetry Arena
Scribbling, Scrawling, and Scattered Thoughts - Part 6
by Patricia Tiffany Morris
Since I last posted on X, I laid poetry aside and began updating my website.
But I have several more poems to share with you this year.
This poem was one of my favorite experiences.
Not always is the experience sweet or pleasant. Sometimes the push and pull of words struggle with the act of creating a specific form or writing a prompt. Often I let structure form the narrative and find the theme or message.
But the word prompt, “griffonage,” conjured images of the pure mechanics and substance of writing itself.
How does the act of penning a poem create a painting of words?
Thanks for your encouragement to keep writing and creating and scribbling and scrawling your scattered thoughts.
Griffonage On Waiting Pages
Like swirling dust storms
on Oklahoma wheat fields,
my pen scribbles senselessly.
I tame the whirling endless thoughts—
the tangled rows within.
Ideas wait breathlessly
to fill my empty pages
until a story calls
like hungry children
begging for their turn.
Drop a comment below and let me know how you describe the act of writing and creating art with your words through poetry.
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