absolute poems

He waited 30 years for that run of poems that were absolute and couldn’t be ignored. All that time he felt them inside himself but they never came forth.

faux poems

Poet, if you don’t have anything to say—that’s okay. Just wait. Don’t fall for the faux poems that come from prompts.

waiting a turn

A poet waits for recognition from other poets awaiting recognition from other poets…

word wait

The poet had waited a long time to use that particular word in a poem.

wish, wait, will

Some wish for the poem, some wait for the poem, some will the poem.

wait it out

He’d become much more willing to wait for a poem to come.

are you ready yet

Some poems would engage you no matter when encountered; other poems must await that moment in your life that has opened you to them.

wait it out

You could try to write more poems or you could just wait, trusting that some good ones will well up.

no waiting in this world

Poet, don’t wait for inspiration, initiate through experience.