Spongebob Squarepants
I sit and stare
The page unmarred
Pristine and white
Waiting for my muse
Pencil touches paper
Gently gliding
As an idea flows
Only to be erased
Minutes pass
Though it may be hours
Nothing seems to stick
Except eraser crumbs
Impatience looming
My hands tremble
Something has to give
For progress to be made
About Charles Yallowitz
Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.
Legends of Windemere 
Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Thanks for the reblog. 🙂
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Welcome Charles – I suspect a lot of folks will relate to this 😄
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Hope so. 🙂
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Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt, mass-produced it in a sweatshop…
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Capitalism at its best.
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Hey! It sounds like you have a camera in my room. (The one with the computer keyboard in it)
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Pay no attention to the teddy bear on the shelf.
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I never noticed that bear before.
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That was definitely me the other day. . . . And today. . . .
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Hope tomorrow is better.
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Reblogged this on Jeanne Owens, author and commented:
How well I know this feeling!
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Thanks for the reblog. 🙂
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I know this all too well. Sort of the same with visual art, mixed with the gut-wrenching terror of “What if this isn’t good enough?!”.
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That has to be frightening. A typo in a novel can be fixed with Word. Not so easy with a drawing. Unless I don’t know a trick.
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I have this feeling with everything I write, and very, very occasionally I actually discard something I wrote because I hate it. As for visual art…I passed on any talent in my ancestry to my kids…and grands…and great-grands. All my drawings are flat: my animals look the same except for different ears and longer legs. 🙂
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I used to be decent at drawing, but I stopped doing it. Totally forgot how shading works, which is a shame. To be fair, I was more of a copier than drawing without a visual aid. So I don’t think I’d have gotten very far.
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not me, the closest I get to visual art is beading, or crocheting….I llike photography tho, varying degrees of success.
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Never had that skill. Point, pray, and shoot are my methods. 🙂
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works for me! I do try, some of my recent efforts have been successful in close-up shots of flowers, etc. Most of my work is landscapes, animals, travel shots…etc. Have a look if you’re so inclined, search photographs….or My Place… 🙂
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Nice photos. Love the flower ones. I tend to only take pictures when I’m on an outing with my son. It’s still rare since I’m the one running around with him or at least watching. My wife is the shutterbug.
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thanks for looking! I have so much trouble getting good clear shots of the flowers, but some of them turn out. I like photographing spiders, too, and have some pics I’m proud of, although some of my readers don’t like spiders. 🙂
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good poem, my feelings exactly.
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Thanks. Was off the cuff like most of them. 🙂
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that’s the best way to go, off the cuff.. the more I tinker the worse it gets
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