This is good

[Jerrybaldy]

This is good, I need to write it down,
her red hair and the autumn cloak,
she is tearing bread to feed fat ducks,
her duffle coat is steely like the sky,
the bread is bloated and uneaten,
this thing will write itself.
She holds a lolly dripping strawberry,
I walk by with a slight of hand,
my pencil scribbles and scrapes
as fat ducks watch her thrash the muddy water.
This is good, I need to write it down,
she may well drown
as my pencil rips wet paper.

[tailor STATELY]

A most evocative piece of writing.

A push by a walk-by poet seeking inspiration?

Well done.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[Jerrybaldy]

I am so glad you said that tailor as i was unsure it would ever show through. You know how it is. Although, now I come to think of its a shame my very first reader had to be so smart :)
tarradiddle
Jerry

[Haunted]

This is good, I need to write it down,
she may well drown
as my pencil rips wet paper.

The whole thing is really nice, it speaks for me too, that moment of inspiration, but the way it ends is so beautiful and whimsical. It's a bit of departure for you but I love it.

[everyadventure]

The writing comes first. And if she happens to drown while one is busy taking notes-- well, you could always use the material...

And red-headed women are the very best kind to write poems about.

[MystyrMystyry]

You pushed every in the water?

[Hawkman]

A fitting sacrifice at the altar of your muse JB. Dulce et decorum est pro ars more :D

[Buh4Bee]

I posted on the wrong poem, sorry. This is dark and engaging.

[Jerrybaldy]

Thanks haunted. I can be whimsical :)
Thanks for your understanding Miss A.
MM , indeed I did, she was asking for it and the poem required it.
Hawk. You had me googling again. Thanks.
Jeresa. I am unsure which one you meant to comment on :)
Thanks all.

[IceM]

I'm totally in love with your first line.

Throughout the poem, I can definitely imagine a frantic scene of a writer hurrying to capture the environment, or seal the fleeting inspiration for an idea. Your poem was excellent.