About the Poem

This is a poem about a particularly severe form of writer's block, a condition which results in authors and poets being unable to think of anything to write about.

Rating

Not very rude

Style

Rhyming poem

Length

8 lines

Key Stage

KS2, KS3

Author

Patrick Winstanley

Blockage

I've got a lack of inspiration
I've got a look of consternation
No need for obfuscation
I've got writer's constipation.

Suddenly, out of thin air
Comes the germ of an idea
And words flow everywhere
Help, I've got verbal diarrhoea.