I sometimes get asked why I don’t write much poetry – well, you’re about to find out!
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Hop out of bed
Leap in the shower
Stick on a suit
Comb my hair.
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Coffee too hot
Scald my mouth
Burn my toast
Trip over the cat.
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Rush to the station
Squeeze on the train
One hour later
Off again.
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Fly to the office
Land at my desk
Work flat out
No time to rest.
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Lunchtime at last
Half the day gone
Then back to work
More to be done.
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Time to head home
Stand on the train
Pushed and jostled
Always the same.
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Open the door
Fling shoes off my feet
Pour a large drink
Collapse in a seat
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and …
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting and to J Hardy Carroll for the picture.
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Well, there’s a rhyming scheme to this (part of the time). And mouth goes with cat if you’ve got a lisp.
All this time and I didn’t realise I had a lithp. Maketh thenth now!
If you have a lisp, you could play cat and mouth…
A Day in the (Different) Life…
Thank goodness it’s fiction!
Dear Keith,
Now all you need to do is set it to music. 😉 I’m out of breath after reading.
Shalom,
Rochelle
It’ll make the flight of the bumblebee seem like a dirge! Cheers Rochelle.
That was fun and had great rhythm well done.
Thanks so much, Mason.
You’re welcome.
I didn’t know you had a cat.
Nor did I till I tripped over it!
LOL!
I like your poem Keith
Really? Well, you’ve made my day Sadje (Hey, that rhymes! I’m getting good at this!)
You definitely are. 👍
A poignant verse! Inspires me with an intense feeling of…exhaustion. 🙂
I got out of breath just writing it!
You,re just looking for compliments. And you shall get them!
This was great and I am sure it was meant to leave us breathless.
No way in HELL I would get on that particular rat-race train… this one annoys me enough already!
Retirement here I come.. Soon. It has to. It better!
Okay, so you outfoxed me! I’m beginning to think I should have offered free puffers to my readers. Take early retirement Dale, you won’t regret I!;
That wore me out just reading this. Well done. You’re a wonderful wordsmith and I’ve done just this for many years. Retirement is far better.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday, Keith. 🙂
That’s so nice of you Sandee, thank you SO much.
I thought I might be bored when I retired. How wrong I was, I wish I’d jumped off the train further back down the track!
Hi Keith – great … such fun – well done … and yes thank goodness no more rat-race trains …
Take a gander to the Towner to look at the limericks in the Nash exhibition … I’ve got membersip with guest -if you want to get in at some stage …
Cheers Hilary
That’s so kind of you Hilary, but I’ve already arranged a visit with a friend for when I get back from my up-and-coming camping trip!
I doesn’t rhyme, but then neither does mine, and it does have a rhythm.
Next time I’ll make it rhyme! All together now, ‘I’ve got rhythm, I’ve got ……’
It’s a microcosm of life…hectic beyond belief, occasionally rhyming. At least he gets to relax at the end of his day
I needed to relax after writing it! Cheers, Larry.
Did you know, Keith, that you’d written a poem in dimiter, mainly dactylic dimeter, and with a regular abcb rhyme scheme in slant rhyme? You did? Good! I knew you would! Oh how I’ve been longing for the occasion where I could say something like that! The poetry class I attended has not been in vain! And see, you ARE a poet!
Loved the poem. It sounds just like the train chugging along. And how glad I am that I’m off that hamster wheel.
Well, I had no idea, that’s something I’ve learned today! I’m a poet and I didn’t know it. Cheers, Jenne.
Short and sharp, relax you did well
Relaxing right now! Thanks, Michael.
Well done, and quite true to life.
Thanks so much Mimi.
You write better poetry than i do, for sure! I wonder how your MC’s blood pressure is holding up 🙂
You say the nicest things, Linda! Just another day for my chap – I don’t envy him!
Ah the good old days of the rat race. Glad it’s in my rearview. You summed it up nicely.
Me too Lisa! I really don’t miss it.
Oh, this was a typical day for me! Great piece, Keith. 🙂
It was for me once, I can’t say I envy you, Susi! Thanks so much.
Key word “was” for me too! 😉
Something to be said for working from home. Cats… they always like under the feet.
Can’t say I’ve ever worked from home so I bow to your superior knowledge! What is it about cats and feet?
Great poem! Makes me even more glad to be working from home.
If only I’d had a job that allowed me to! Cheers Ali.
It certainly has rhythm. 🙂
That’s a start I guess! Thanks, Sandra.
Very entertaining. I like it.
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I’m pleased! Thanks, Regine.
been there, done that. 🙂
Me too plaridel!
I think your poem succeeds, because I got a reminded of the ‘hampster wheel of work ! And the rest of life is squeezed out. Glad you could relax at the end of the day.
Hampster wheel of work, a perfect description! Thanks so much, WWM
I like this a lot. Fun piece that spurs me through the day with you. How much alike so many people are! But in my rural area, it is cars we hop into.
That was my life for a while, but like you, I’ve left it behind me now
A great double take on the prompt; once for the subject, the second for the format. Super stuff, Keith!
That’s really kind of you. A double thank you, Penny!
I love it. Do more. 🙂
I may just do that! Thanks so much.
Whew, Keith. I am out of breath. Well contrived.
I was out of breath writing it! Cheers Bill.