The metaphor here is well worded to me, using writers block as the main subject line is unique as it is ironic heh. You are I believe saying that these notebooks and journals are your homes, for feelings and you have not felt at home at all lately. Because that block is an object you must have a detour for. They lay dusty upon the shelves if your mind, not being opened for quite some time, but as every artist knows, inspiration can strike as quickly as it is taken away and you found your way home again. Your past also has some how influenced the way you write and each chapter can be turned for the next stage in your write or life, wonderful write, 5/5

I liked it.

The centring of the text is irritating, immediately put me off it - but the title caught me and I persisted.

It was worth it.

Nominated and will comment later as I barely woke up.

Something intriguing about this poem, read it thrice and still can't wrap myself around it. The use of metaphor is great and the choice word is catchy.
I love it.
so is your centering, Hah aha

Such a neat poem and telling of your journey while writing, and those times when inspiration is absent. One of my favorite parts was the third stanza and how you tied in the "ships of my self-discovery and self-destruction" and how your journal lay waiting for you when you were out sailing, almost like you were trying to find some place to land, to focus, to be inspired.

A really reflective piece and the ending stuck with me, how much power the past can have on us or how much control we have in letting in affect us in the present day... yet there's almost an ominous tone in the end that we can't always close the doors, sometimes we have to resolve what is in the past even if we have to revisit it in a writing or another method.

Congrats on the win - it's an honor to share the front page with you!

No words!No words exist to describe it!

I really adore the creativeness the author has shown within this poem, especially since the topic is about the absence of inspiration to write, and yet something this good has been achieved. The personal touches of the journal show just how much writing means to this character, and how it has helped them cope with the pain in their past, and how it really tells the story of them, and who they are. Very creative title to match a wonderfully penned poem. Well done!

Brilliant - read three times and got better with each read.

You have a good taste of writing. it pulls and shout to be read. Win well deserved.