I'm back!

Hello again
It seems like only yesterday that I was setting up this blog - oh, yes it was yesterday. I have decided that I will try to write something on here every day to keep my two followers entertained. You may be wondering why I chose the name 'Compaholic Barbara'. Well, basically it's because I'm a compaholic. But what's that got to do with poetry? I hear you ask (Or am I hearing voices now? - worrying) Well, when I set the blog up I was going to write about how easy it is to get hooked on entering competitions - especially when you start winning. Then I decided that I would showcase my poems here - I have written over a hundred now. I believe this is called - a lack of forward planning. I just jumped in feet first. I'm a bit like that you see. I'm like the wild horse I rode when I was 9! - that poem which some of you are already familiar with, will appear in a later blog. I'm tweaking it you see - being the perfectionist that I am! - albeit an unbroken perfectionist. I won't be posting poems every day - otherwise my blog will die in 100 days, but for now I have decided to offer for your consumption a little ditty I wrote one day after I had been a bit hard on myself. Hope you enjoy it and keep the feedback coming in. I'm overwhelmed by the one comment I've had so far.........

SOMETIMES

Sometimes

You are getting nowhere

So why do you insist

It’ll all work out

Fine in the end

As long as you persist

Sometimes

It might be better

If you just admit defeat

Throw in the towel

Let out a howl

Accept that you are beat

Sometimes

You shouldn’t be afraid

To lose once in a while

Let down the stubborn barricade

Just shrug it off

And smile

Sometimes

It’s ok to admit

You made a big mistake

Went in the wrong direction

Stop aiming for perfection

Give yourself a break