I can’t write today
The keyboard is dirty and
Needs a proper clean
I can’t write today
The bed isn’t made and looks
Very untidy
I can’t write today
I’ve had too much wine to start
Anything new now
I can’t write today
I haven’t had enough wine
To say anything
I can’t write today
I’m too tired/sleepy/lost
Confused. Take your pick.
I did write today
Five. Seven. Five. Then repeat.
Does it even count?
Don’t answer that one.
Rhetorical poetry.
Brooks no responses.
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I love it! The last two are my favorite! 🙂
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Thanks Vic! Another one of those happy accidents that happen when I force myself to do some writing 🙂 Great to hear your thoughts as always
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You should force yourself to do more! 😄
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Aye aye captain! 🙂
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Five, seven, five. Then repeat. So beautifully simple I almost missed the play of it.
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Thanks Jac – I was really pleased that line popped into my head, more so now that someone has marked it out for comment! Appreciate you taking the time to read and comment
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So much awesome right here. Bravo! 😊
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You are far too kind Em – thank you 🙂 Lovely to hear from you and I hope you are settling in nicely 🙂
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Oh, I loved it. Made me smile lots. And thank you, I’m working toward getting back to some kind of normalcy, but it’s a long process, all this moving stuff. 🙂
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I hear you…I still have boxes from when I emigrated from the UK. In 2006. Hmm…!
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Oh wow! I hope it doesn’t take me 10 years! 😉
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Haha! You’ll be fine (it’s a very tiny box I have left!)
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There is a certain amount of poise in perfecting the procrastinator’s pause, and you’ve made it sound so good!
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Perfecting The Procrastinator’s Pause – sounds like the perfect comeback album for Genesis or another prog-rock behemoth! Love that – thank you! Glad this struck a chord with you (see how effortlessly I can drop in a bad musical pun to continue the them? It’s a gift…!!) – great to hear from you as ever 🙂
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A comment so good I had to tweet it… And are you perfecting an air guitar solo for the children?
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Is a frog’s arse watertight? 😝
I’ve got my foot up on my imaginary amp and an imaginary wind is billowing through my imaginary bubble-perm as we speak…🤘
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I love the idea of fighting against anything and everything in order to write — haven’t we all been there?! And the finish is perfect: especially the last two lines. I like it because it feels like your haikus are talking directly to the reader, which is kind of confronting in a way – ‘hey poem, I’ll answer your damn rhetorical if I want to!’ – but the finisher of ‘brooks no responses’ is the icing on the cake.
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Thanks Ana 🙂 It’s great that it came across that way as I think there was a certain amount of frustration and defiance I needed to get out. Appreciate your thoughtful take on things – great to hear from you and very glad you liked it!
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Excellent – I love funny haiku like this!
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Thanks David – I’m generally at my best when I take something of structural beauty and smash it into some nonsense 🙂
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This is great. I love the opposite wine stanzas (too much/too little) one after the other. 🙂
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Thanks Shannon – I hoped those lines would get across the ridiculous nature of most excuses not to write!
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