There’s Work to be Done…but Poetry is SUCH Fun!

Writing 201: Poetry, Day Six — Faces, Found Poetry, Chiasmus
(what the heck is Chiasmus?)

Booksellers Lament

Books in order means order in books
to find them is the key
with thousands of books the ONE that is wanted
is the one nowhere to be found.

Well, it MUST be somewhere unless it was sold!

If order is everything and if everything is in order
the book business thrives, sporadically
(at least theoretically)
but only if you’re listing, they keep insisting
books on the shelves can’t sell themselves

an order’s an order but books MUST be in order
to fill the order–when there’s an order to fill.

Posted

October 13, 2015

About Me, Poetry, This and That

Gradmama2011

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poetry, procrastination

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13 responses to “There’s Work to be Done…but Poetry is SUCH Fun!”

Bushka

October 13, 2015

Delightfully beautifully…..certainly nothing lamentable about this one. I love it…but I would, wouldn’t I? 😉

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1. Gradmama2011
  
  October 13, 2015
  
  so supportive you are…:-) thanks. I’m beginning to think in rhyme…my son says I’m weird, my husband said I was nuts. I’d not be any other way.
  
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  1. Bushka
    
    October 13, 2015
    
    Some of us are often ‘misunderstood’….Creative people are. 😉
  2. Gradmama2011
    
    October 13, 2015
    
    so true. they tell me they never know what I’m talking about, this is true,, I am a terrible talker, if I really want to be understood I have to write.
Misky

October 13, 2015

Clever piece!

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1. Gradmama2011
  
  October 13, 2015
  
  thanks, I appreciate that. this one is a chide to my conscious…get to work it says. ha ha
  
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LDG luciledegodoy

October 13, 2015

It’s great! Chiasmus is tough, isn’t it? You made it.

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1. Gradmama2011
  
  October 13, 2015
  
  thanks, I wasn’t sure. I guess I never had a poetry writing class before…too much fun!
  
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  1. LDG luciledegodoy
    
    October 13, 2015
    
    I never had either and that’s why I’m here but to have fun as well.
  2. Gradmama2011
    
    October 14, 2015
    
    I’m going to miss the class.
  3. LDG luciledegodoy
    
    October 16, 2015
    
    I’m already missing it!! I couldn’t follow the last 4 days due to illness, but did all last assignments today.
calensariel

October 13, 2015

But that’s half the love of having bookshelves. At least for me. I Love playing library with my books! Nice job.

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1. Gradmama2011
  
  October 13, 2015
  
  I have seen books arranged by color…is that fun or what? My inventory is strictly numerical in order, but my personal library is topical.
  
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