He needs to work
Deadlines are looming
But try as he might
His mind is booming
With thoughts not of work
Or assignments due in
But rather of all together
Quite different things
He knows he must concentrate
But finds it a chore
All this thinking is making his brain
Sore
We can infer from this verse that the author is a master of procrastination: choosing to compose first-class poetry perfection rather than dealing with 'deadlines [...] looming': in itself a comment on the procrastination of society as a whole.
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Sunday, 2 December 2012
Thursday, 15 December 2011
7 A.M
7 A.M.
Time to sleep again
Time to brush teeth
As if for the morning routine
But instead
Not all is as seems
For this man
Has not yet slept
Deciding instead
To avoid bed
To better progress through his work
Until it's done
And the birds do chirp
The author's relationship with sleep is demonstrated as being a strained relationship in this verse: as sleep is the symbol of his lack of progress, and therefore the evil against which he must grapple in order to achieve progress.
Time to sleep again
Time to brush teeth
As if for the morning routine
But instead
Not all is as seems
For this man
Has not yet slept
Deciding instead
To avoid bed
To better progress through his work
Until it's done
And the birds do chirp
The author's relationship with sleep is demonstrated as being a strained relationship in this verse: as sleep is the symbol of his lack of progress, and therefore the evil against which he must grapple in order to achieve progress.
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Lie-In
He lies-in
Until no more
Can he waste his day in bed
He must get up and use his head
Even if just for a while
Before he succumbs to procrastination's beguile
He'll type, he'll write
He'll delete and undo
He'll lie down some more
To see him through
Until the next
Lie-In
Clearly, the author enjoys sleep: the lexis 'lie-in' being a greatly significant aspect of the verse. However, what is made less clear is whether the bed is an antecedent to his work, or the inhibiting factor of his creativity; which leads us to question - is the bed the creator or destroyer of creativity?
Until no more
Can he waste his day in bed
He must get up and use his head
Even if just for a while
Before he succumbs to procrastination's beguile
He'll type, he'll write
He'll delete and undo
He'll lie down some more
To see him through
Until the next
Lie-In
Clearly, the author enjoys sleep: the lexis 'lie-in' being a greatly significant aspect of the verse. However, what is made less clear is whether the bed is an antecedent to his work, or the inhibiting factor of his creativity; which leads us to question - is the bed the creator or destroyer of creativity?
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Night Work
The burden of sleep
Is not sufficient to keep
The man
From his tasks
Which must be
Done
Thus he ignores
All pleas to rest
Making instead
Of time, the
Best
Is not sufficient to keep
The man
From his tasks
Which must be
Done
Thus he ignores
All pleas to rest
Making instead
Of time, the
Best
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Work
Work, toil
Effort and toil
Oh foil
Oh foil
After work
Sleep
To sanity
Keep
Work, toil
Effort and toil
Notice the repetition of the word 'toil' creates an atmosphere of anxiety and discomfort in which the reader can observe the physiological entrapment of the poetic voice within a framework of routine and monotony.
Effort and toil
Oh foil
Oh foil
After work
Sleep
To sanity
Keep
Work, toil
Effort and toil
Notice the repetition of the word 'toil' creates an atmosphere of anxiety and discomfort in which the reader can observe the physiological entrapment of the poetic voice within a framework of routine and monotony.
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