The softly scratching quill
squint eyed, pinched face,
black upon my fingertips.
Could concentration help with this?
Or does distraction
clear the mist?
A twitch,
sweet inspiration, insight, bliss!
Behold, untold,
the fairytales emerge.
Welcome, good friend,
the written word.
Tristan Nagler
The Elementalist Epoch 
Reblogged this on Do You Love These Words? and commented:
Inspiration…
aloha Tristan – this is the first i’ve read your work. my initial response is that i like the rhythm and your way of rhyming within an easy flow of words—along with the insight and hard observation. cool. aloha.
Thanks for the positive notes. I hope you enjoy some of the other offerings I have as well!
I thought this was a wonderful poem. Even in the shortness, I could imagine someone in a time period welcoming fairy tales to the paper.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. I always try to keep my poems relatively short, because I feel that they can quickly lose their potency if they become too long.
I love this! Short but extremely sweet 🙂
This poem is meant to act as a welcome mat for those entering my blog.
Well it worked perfectly for me.
Hi! I like the way you capture the emotion in the imagery. No need for explanation, for telling what the feelings are. Less is more, especially in poetry!
I agree completely, less is more. Too many words dilute the scene.
the softly scratching quill
is so much a more desired music
to my ears
than the click of a computer keyboard
Thanks for checking out ThePressingPen! I love this poem, I’ll be back often!
I attended a talk of the poet C.K. Williams. He said that poems have to be edited at the level of the syllable. Your work seems to have received this level of scrutiny. So well done! I mentioned you in my blog: http://whereiblogonblogging.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/dogs-love-and-gods-love/ .
Thank you. A poem is very similar to a painting, in that each syllable is like a brush stroke. Too many and the poem becomes cluttered, too few and the observer is left guessing. The hardest part of writing poetry is pressing the “publish” button.
Thank you for posting a link to my blog in your post!
Hey, no problem. It’s what I do! At 2:30 I’m off to a live slam, the first time I’ll ever read my work in public. Scary day.
Good luck. I am sure you will feel great afterwards. Your poetry comes straight from your soul, and that is all anyone can ask of you.
Thanks for the written word! Well penned.
Very creative and well written. I will enjoy perusing your blog!
This is a wonderful piece!