WAITING
It is, some say
the mark of the writer:
a collection of pens
on or near a desk
in a cup, or glass jar
or possibly an empty can.
All are impatient, most
have been ignored lately,
at least those not waiting
for their own ink cartridges
that never get ordered.
They whisper that they
are full of words which
they would gladly spill fourth,
all but the one
that the writer selects
at any point in time.
Louis Faber is a poet and writer. His work has appeared in The MacGuffin, Cantos, Alchemy Spoon (UK), Meniscus and Arena Magazine (Australia) New Feathers Anthology, Dreich (Scotland), Prosetrics, Erothanatos (Greece), Defenestration, Atlanta Review, Glimpse, Rattle, Cold Mountain Review, Eureka Literary Magazine, Borderlands: the Texas Poetry Review, Midnight Mind, Pearl, Midstream, European Judaism, The South Carolina Review and Worcester Review, among many others, and has been nominated and twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize and twice for a Best of the Web. His new book of poetry, Free of the Shadow, was recently published by (Plain View Press).
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