Comment from Janice Canerdy

Excellent

You have made excellent use of your eleven syllables in this clever, creative piece. It reminds me of great poems I've read about writer's block by poets who obviously don't have writer's block. :-)

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks, Janice. It reminds me of the tough time I had when writing this.

Comment from Rosemary Everson1

Excellent

Are you a deep thinker...this kind of poem has its difficulties and if you have a writer' block it is even harder. If you know what you would like to write about, get some idea from the internet on your subject.

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks, Rosemary. I am not a deep thinker. I usually stick to the shallow end of the pool.

Comment from C. Gale Burnett

Excellent

Let's see ... you wrote an eleven-syllable poem and now I must think how to write 150 words in response. (LOL)
You nailed it, I love it, great artwork, excellent rhyme, I share your bafflement, great message, so true (how am I doing responding so far?)
GREAT JOB :)
Gale

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks, Gale. You did great, and you hit on the same problem I have when reviewing the short stuff.

Comment from Pam (respa)

Excellent

-I like your artwork,
presentation, and title.
-The syllable count is good,
along with the topic.
-Effective use of rhyme,
and a good poem for the contest.
-Good luck and hope you do well.
-I enjoyed the humor, too.

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks, Pam. I usually don't get involved with the short stuff, but took a shot at this one.

reply by Pam (respa) on 04-Dec-2021

You are welcome and you did a good job.

Comment from Jesse James Doty

Excellent

This is sure hilarious why a 3-5-3 would baffle me! Are you blind? If not well then why would this brief poem baffle you? I love the picture of a man sitting on a stool with his hand to his head wondering to himself why he can't write a simple poem for FS!
I love these contests!
Thank you for posting this funny poem!
I hope this isn't a true tale I would be so embarrassed if it was.
Take care of yourself, my blind man, haha, please, do not take me literally!
Have a wonderful Saturday!
Jesse

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks, Jesse. The problem came with trying to rhyme all three lines.

Comment from JLR

Excellent

Well your three-five-three certainly evoked a broad ð???. As we each approach a poetic form, I do believe, our pens do have a moment of pause. Your writing says what does go beyond the scenes when a poet begins to write and you did deliver a fine end result! Thank you for sharing and for my smile.

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks for the review. "... our pens have a moment of pause." That's a good one.

Comment from RPSaxena

Excellent

Hello Friend,
Nice piece of Humor Poetry meeting the desired norms, having smooth flow with lovely rhyming scheme, and beautifully depicting the poet's Sixth Sense as well as a remarkable sense of humor.
Picture enhances depth and beauty of the poem.
Laudable Attempt!
BEST OF LUCK in the contest.

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks for the review. Sometimes the sixth sense is a little dull.

reply by RPSaxena on 04-Dec-2021

Most Welcome!
With best wishes,
~ RP

Comment from Dolly'sPoems

Excellent

You managed to bring the dilemma of this challenge to the fore as this poet is baffled, but still managed to create a clever 3-5-3, much enjoyed, love Dolly x

 Comment Written 04-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks, Dolly. Just one of my many challenges.

Comment from nomi338

Excellent

Very cleverly done. you could have sold out and gone the nonsensical route, but instead you cleverly said that you could not easily do the very thing you did with ease. What a tease.

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks for the review. That's a nice rhyme that you have at the end of your review.

Comment from Sylla

Good

Funny poem! I have one criticism though, wouldn't "why" work better in place of "how" in this case? Either way, I think it's funny and good syllable structure

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2021

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reply by the author on 04-Dec-2021

Thanks, Chyloh. The title is a play on words from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnet.