Some Days

David Coad 1969 (Canterbury)



Some Days

Some days it’s there
Some days it’s not there
I can’t explain it
I only know that some days I have the power
And when I have the power, it’s so strong
I can create anything with my words
My mind’s a never-ending explosion of ideas and themes
Images and designs that wrap around my feelings
I see distant worlds, colourful collages, and erotic poses
I weep with despair and tragedy on a grand scale
I rejoice with epic pleasure for the sacred bounty of true love
On days like these, I have such power
And other days, there is nothing
Just nothing

About this poem

Its about how some days I have the power to write poems, stories etc, and other days I cant write a word. Nothing comes to me. Its like a power I have and some days its there and other days its not.

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Written on 2005

Submitted by dcoad on September 17, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDEFGHIJCKK
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 566
Words 106
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

David Coad

David Coad is a British writer and poet who is now over 50 and getting on, so thought it about time he got his stories and poems published. He was born in Canterbury in Kent in 1969 and from a young age was always interested in writing stories. He was educated at St. Annes Convent in Sturry & St. Anselm’s comprehensive in Canterbury. He studied electronics at Canterbury college of technology for 3 years. He moved to Cornwall in 1990 and spent many years working in factories in Canterbury, Falmouth, and Redruth. It’s during this time he began writing stories and poetry, to pass the tedious hours working in factories. In 2005 he found Terry Lander, a fellow poet, writer, and publisher who founded Lyvit publishing. Based in Helston Terry liked his writing and began publishing his books of both poetry and stories. In 2008 David got a job working as a teaching assistant at Penair School in Truro. Here he founded Creative Club, which was an after-school club for students to come to write, draw, paint, and do anything creative. It soon become the most attended after school club with over 60 students attending every Friday afternoon. He has now published 14 creative books with the school and Lyvit. Due to personal circumstances, he was unable to get hardly any of his work published for almost 20 years. That thankfully changed in 2022. In 2020 he made a lockdown creative book in the village of Shortlanesend near Truro. David enjoys writing poetry and children and adult stories. He is currently working on several projects and enjoys collaborating with local artists to showcase their work. more…

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  • alanswansea18
    I love these short ones. Thanks for the vote.
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