Block
a large piece of hard material
usable with flat edges
rock, stone, wood
building or part of a complex,
used for a particular purpose
obstacle to the normal progress
or functioning of something
a set of sheets of paper
glued along one edge
used for sketching or writing
large piece of text
processed as a unit
a starting block
ready, set, go!
A note: I was doing an exploratory activity to inspire a response to this prompt. I was thinking about the difference between simply not feeling like or wanting to write, and the experience of writer's block, usually afflicted on those needing or wanting to write, but feel they can't. I found myself reading definitions of the word block and was somewhat taken by the various definitions, a few of which related to writing, not writer's block. I found this connotation of the word in some of the other definitions and phrases. However, "writer's block" was not included in any of the dictionary entries.
This found poem feels a little like writer's block... the building up of expectations and solid ideas, maybe with a structure or a purpose. But then something gets in the way. A blank tablet stares you in the face, the idea comes to you, and finally the starting gun shot and you're off!
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