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Corinne
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0 posted 2000-07-17 10:29 PM


Poetry at Work

Wish I could find inspiration
In drudgery of the workday
Just when the tiniest flutter
Of creativity stirs -
Stress Levels coincide
Rising like a river,
Workers reacting
In a drone of activity
Shoveling invented sandbags
To thwart the onslaught
And poetry slips away
Down the stream with the rest
Of the forgotten paperwork.

© 2000 Corinne Bailey


© Copyright 2000 Corinne - All Rights Reserved
Janet Marie
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1 posted 2000-07-17 10:46 PM


how true .. how true...
I always say..work and sleep seem
like such a waste of good poetry time  
cool poem C,
wisdom of thought...
reminds me of a poem B-squirrel posted a ways back...
he got caught writing poetry at work...
..
why dont we all quit our jobs and get paid  to write poetry...
OH yea...nice dream huh?
later-poet-at-work gator  
jm

There are places inside our souls -
that have never been touched.
There are places inside our hearts -
that need to be loved this much.
~jm~

Rex Allen McCoy
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2 posted 2000-07-17 10:51 PM


It says right in our union contract
"poetry comes first and formost"
now if I could make that rhyme I'd be a better politician than poet

Severn
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3 posted 2000-07-17 11:32 PM


Hmmm...poetry and the 'real' world...yeah - bit of a paradox!! HAHA...

but this...a thoughtful little piece Corinne, that I enjoyed reading.

K

Corinne
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4 posted 2000-07-18 08:54 AM


Thanks, JM, Rex and Severn!

Hard to squeeze them both in these days!


Corinne

Dark Angel
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5 posted 2000-07-18 09:13 AM


How very true Corrine, enjoyed this muchly  
tracie66
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6 posted 2000-07-18 09:28 AM


Oh Corinne so many of us would have to relate to this...Yep just when it all starts to flow in your head and wammo busy, busy  
Great poem
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe


Mark Bohannan
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7 posted 2000-07-18 09:46 AM


Maybe that is why sleep escapes me so much.  I need to make up the time that my work takes from my reading and writing of poetry.
Beautiful.

Sudhir Iyer
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8 posted 2000-07-19 03:58 AM


True
tRue
trUe
truE

Corinne, very well put into words...

regards,
sudhir

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9 posted 2000-07-19 07:44 AM


Corinne~
Man, oh man ...
you just pounded the nail ! !

This is a brilliant little gem
from a brilliant little poet.

Love the brevity and the completeness.
~*Marge*~



~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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RAM
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Posts 153

10 posted 2000-07-19 10:38 AM


so true, so true,
but, my sweet poet, you are writing poetry with your every breath.  

Rick

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