I open my stats page, already knowing I’ll see lots of blank spots on the calendar that indicates whether I’ve posted to my blog on any given day. It’s been a dry summer, weatherwise and creative writing-wise.
Now the autumn rains are here and my garden projects are on hold. It’s a good time to write. But I need to replace the splintered door frame in the garage. I need to dust the wall-to-wall bookshelves. I need to brush the tangles out of my dog’s wet fur.
I know it will come soon; that irresistible pull toward pen and paper; that need to harvest the thoughts that have been ripening over the summer. My computer dings with an email alert: a writing prompt from dVerse. I fire up the word processor and my mind wanders, far away from doors and dust and wet dog smells.
lock the garden shed
leaves drop like unfinished thoughts
time to introspect
What Rhymes with Stanza? 
Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for stopping by.
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I liked this haibun. I’d write more about my level of admiration, but I promised My Beloved Sandra that I’d finish vacuuming the living room before she gets home, so…
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That’s okay. I’ll wait. (LOL) Glad you liked it.
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Very nicely done!
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Thank you. It’s nice when you’re asked to write about Writer’s Block and realize you aren’t suffering from it at the moment.
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Yes, that really does help!
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I’ve no doubt you will be mentally writing your haibun to the tune of the vacuum, Ron, and Sandra will come home a happy lady!!
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Beautiful way to describe the calling: “that need to harvest the thoughts that have been ripening over the summer” I like the seasonal aspects and the underlying message connecting muses with harvesting.
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Thank you. I just wish I could be a four-season poet. But I’ll take what the Muse deigns to hand me.
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You’re welcome, Maggie.
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Lovely thoughts ripening!
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Thanks. Let’s hope so!
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Almost harvesting season. Wonderful!
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Always curious to see what comes out of the ground at season’s end.
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Absolutely. Sure to be nourishing.
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I love the idea of ‘harvesting the thoughts that have been ripening over the summer.’ I think the key to avoiding writer’s block is to write when the time is right!
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That could very well be. Not blocked, just not ready yet.
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yeah I like that too! Maggie, I second Ingrid ❤
-David
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Thanks, David!
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harvesting ones thoughts like ripe fruit is a great way of putting the act of writing. hope you gget enough time to harvest them all
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Thank you. When I pick berries, I always like to leave some for the birds. I wonder who they would represent in this metaphor…
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Thanks
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Loved the patience in this piece. Well done.
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Thank you.
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We love to have the possibility to pull you away a little bit from your other activities. Soon winter is here and we will all be writing.
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Thank you, Bjorn.
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Really like the connection to nature, and the humour oc the ping!
Lovely line in the haiku about leaves….
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Thank you, Ain.
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