Poetry

Obsolete

Written by Jacob Ibrag

I don’t think it’s writers block. I think it’s

the missing desire to want and need to transcribe the

images and characters living in my mind onto this permanent

piece of paper. Once they crawl through these fingers and find

a new home, I become obsolete. All that’s left is, me.


Photography by Paolo Raeli

45 comments on “Obsolete

  1. Suma Fiore's avatar

    Well done with this one Jacob. Spoke to me

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  2. dandeliongirl01's avatar

    Perfectly captured

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  3. thorslore's avatar

    I love this. What a great perspective.

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  4. thebookdrama's avatar

    As a writer this really spoke to me for sometimes the people I create feel realer than myself

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  5. shreyasha's avatar

    Nice writing 👌👌

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  6. cedricramey's avatar
    cedricramey

    Lovely post!

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  7. Silhouette's avatar

    True!…and beautiful

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  8. Ali Grimshaw's avatar

    Interesting perspective. I always enjoy your posts.

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  9. transcribingmemory's avatar

    Interesting concept. It has me thinking. The sign of a great poem!

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  10. saynotoclowns's avatar

    Powerful. Intriguing. Poignant.
    I don’t know, obsolete is a strong word 🙂

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  11. CRCreateaday by Catherine Conley's avatar

    I like that idea of feeling obsolete once the words are “out there.” Well, actually, I don’t like the feeling, but I get the idea.

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  12. Yuhu's avatar

    Brilliant.. What is left, indeed!!

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  13. taurusingemini's avatar

    This is, really sad, because after you no longer do ]hat it is that you’re doing, you’d lost sense of who you are…

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  14. LuAnne Holder's avatar

    I can relate. I have an almost (well maybe complete) obsession with trying to translate every experience into a poem or story. I have to slap my hand from time to time and say, “Hey, experience life!” Great poem, especially for poets.

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  15. Tracy Moore's avatar

    Wonderful. You nailed it!

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