
Bleary mornings begin with chasing buses
Kitchen calisthenics to beat all the clocks
Trying to meet deadlines and accomplish jobs
Ploughing through each day my poor inner child
Trudging doggedly to complete dull chores
Often running in circles and back/forth.
But what keeps me going is adrenaline pump-
-ing and the pragmatic me
My glass never half empty but always half full
I rely on the high of
this gift called life, and not alcohol
Though I do need my cuppas of caffeine
I try to embrace challanges with equanimity and courage.
Written for David’s W3. The challenge is to write a golden shovel based on David’s winning entry.
I selected the following lines:
Buses; clocks; jobs; child; chores; back|forth
and
Pump me full of alcohol, caffeine, courage
Excellent poem Punam! Thatβs the blessing of a routine and the curse of a daily grind truly
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Ain’t it so, Sadje! You put it so succinctly while I took two stanzas to say the same! π
Thanks a lot, aapa.
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Youβre a master of expression! π§‘πβ€οΈπ
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π oh my!
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I didn’t even notice this was a golden shovel. Excellent observations about the every day tasks of life. (K)
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Kerfe, thanks so much!
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I always thought youβd be a glass half full kind of gal! Sometimes it feels like a grind, but routine, I think, is a blessing, so we can enjoy the twists and surprises!
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Aww! Thanks, Heather. I totally agree with you.
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My pleasure.
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Since stepping down from work, I actually miss the daily grind. There’s something satisfying about looking back on the day and realising you’ve achieved everything you set to do.
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You are right, Keith, it does keep us grounded and gives structure to our life.
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Great job, I love what you did with those lines. I almost didn’t even notice that you had weaved them in, at first π
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Aww! Thanks so much, Sylvia. β€οΈβ€οΈ
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love it PUNAM!!!1 πππ
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Cindy, THANK YOU! ππ
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Always Punam! π
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I can identify with this, Punam: very much so! Raising my cup to toast you! βοΈ
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Of course you can, Ingrid! Right now you are busier than the proverbial bee.
Thank you. ββ€οΈ
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Very well executed π
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Thanks a lot! π
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Fantastic, Punam. β€οΈ Hope, resilience, and determination come though in every line. And, yes, tea, please. π«
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Indeed, Jeff…tea always! Thanks so much my friend. β€οΈ
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Punam – I feel like I can imagine your very life in these words – and I really smiled at your “cuppa” – I am SO with you!
Much love,
David
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David, with each poem I put out a piece of myself. Thanks for being with me. πβ€οΈ
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So relatable!
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Thanks a lot!
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Hi, Punam β€
I just want to let you know that this week's W3 is now live, and it'll be open until Sunday morning, 10:00 AM (GMT+3).
I hope you can join us this week π
~David
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