Five Minute Free Write for Wednesday Essentials

6:26

I sit here at my desk

thinking what will I do

with five minutes to write something

that sure is new

It's a hot day in August

as I sit here and type

I've never before timed myself

so may end up with tripe

The air conditioner is humming

That constant sure drone

that's all I am hearing

I'm finally alone

I know that this poem

is not going to make any sense

But then again I feel

Like I'm up on a fence

How can I write with out any topic

It seems almost impossible

for me to do that ,

I am confessing, is that admissible

I'm almost at the end of my allotted time

I think I've completed

What I've had to do

So there you go my time is depleted.

6:31

Comments: 33

Elsie Duggan Aug 26, 2009, 7:11pm EDT

That was fun

George Shaw Aug 26, 2009, 7:20pm EDT

Well, Elsie, you did that very well. It probably will not be the best poem that you ever write, but at least it makes sense.

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Amanda "middle of nowhere" C. Aug 26, 2009, 7:27pm EDT

This is very good!

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Sherry J. Aug 26, 2009, 7:31pm EDT

I think it is really good!

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JOHN BECK Aug 26, 2009, 7:44pm EDT

Good use of five minutes, Elsie. Interesting challenge, right? (When I was a kid here in Door County, the idiom would have been "Interesting challenge, 'n so?")

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marie Pinschmidt Aug 26, 2009, 7:49pm EDT

What fun, Elsie. We never know where the next word or sentence is going to take us.

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Steph-in-NE ..... Aug 26, 2009, 8:10pm EDT

well done my friend thanks for sharing your 5 minutes of fame LOL

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lynn a. Aug 26, 2009, 8:22pm EDT

Elsie, it was fun reading this and, I'm glad you got a kick out of it. I am giggling to think you pulled this off so well. Actually, I think it's a good poem. You haven't lost your touch at all. Bravo.

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Melissa Underhill Aug 26, 2009, 9:22pm EDT

That is fun! I fail at doing that, though. I can't do timed writing.

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flit . Aug 26, 2009, 10:26pm EDT

I love free writing ...although usually that ends up in my journal, not on gather

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Larry H. Aug 26, 2009, 10:35pm EDT

having troubles think of what to write, could do a 5 minute writing, thanks for sharing yours..

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Donna C. Aug 26, 2009, 10:40pm EDT

That was great Elsie.........

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Kathryn E. Aug 27, 2009, 1:30am EDT

so clever........and you never run out of things to say.......

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Kathryn E. Aug 27, 2009, 1:30am EDT

Featured in the Triple Name Club.

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Kushal Poddar Aug 27, 2009, 8:47am EDT

Beautifully done.

inconstant heart

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William Dotani Aug 27, 2009, 3:21pm EDT

Thanks for the smile. I can imagine you with a stpwatch, sitting and balancing yourself on a fence whilst typing this.

Elsie Duggan Aug 27, 2009, 11:40pm EDT

actually set a kitchen timer, lol,

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Marge H. Aug 27, 2009, 4:01pm EDT

Fun reading too. :)

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Lynn, whose writing motto is Tabula rasa - Caveat lector Aug 27, 2009, 11:34pm EDT

Oh, you show off! lol Love it! Would take me twice that amount of time to figure out the first ryhme. (Whoa, just rhymed - but accidentally. lol)

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Jackie T. Aug 28, 2009, 12:18am EDT

Nicely done...sometimes when we're being timed is when we force our mind to wander freely

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Deb J. Aug 28, 2009, 7:22am EDT

You are just a doll Elsie!! Love anything you write!!!

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Marge H. Aug 28, 2009, 1:07pm EDT

Came back to reread and catch up on the comments. Great job on this.

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Wilma M. Aug 28, 2009, 6:18pm EDT

I KNEW you could write a poem on any topic under the sun and this just proves it. Too bad there isn't a quiz show where the announcer gives you a subject and the contestants have to whip out a poem. I'm very confident you would always win!

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Sheila Deeth Aug 28, 2009, 7:33pm EDT

Fun to read it too Elsie.

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queen.susan . Aug 29, 2009, 2:28am EDT

that was neat to read, Elsie!!

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lynn a. Aug 29, 2009, 3:54am EDT

Elsie, you must have been very busy since writing this since there's not a new poem posted. Your poems though are so enjoyable that reading them more than once is always a good thing. Hope you are having a good night. Sleep well.

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Barbra L. Aug 29, 2009, 9:10am EDT

Elsie, I loved reading this! *It's just what I needed with my morning coffee.

The air conditioner is humming//That constant sure drone… I love how these lines make me think of hummingbirds and bees. I thought this to be an adorable freewrite and I commend you for the enjoyable outcome of your effort.

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Marilyn is looking for whatever there is. N. Aug 29, 2009, 2:01pm EDT

Wow, a five minute free-write poem? I'm amazed! Great writing, Elsie!

Marilyn

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Donald M. Aug 29, 2009, 2:36pm EDT

That was so great. Especially since it rhymed so well. The kicker was you usual topic was not mentioned one time. Other than being alone.
But sometime that 5 minutes of peace and quiet alone, can be pure joy, or feel like hours of anticipation. Depending on the circumstances.

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Heather ~of the Whippets~ M. Aug 31, 2009, 9:04pm EDT

The fact that you were having fun comes across in the poem. Good write, Elsie.

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Susan Budig Sep 2, 2009, 3:50pm EDT

I'm impressed. Sometimes I'll sing to my children in iambic pentameter with rhyme and it doesn't always come out as coherent as yours. Thank you for writing to the prompt.

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