Today's Discontent or Ode to Edward Thomas
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Today's Discontent or Ode to Edward Thomas
The sun shines through my window
As I waste hours on keyboard flutters,
Phone calls and smiles at colleagues.
The wish to be dis-aquainted from my boss
Grows stronger as if I am a tree
Wrenching its roots from under tarmac,
Or a fledgling struggling to fly the nest.
But tied am I to mediocrity and routine
Signed up for yet more dross in flotsam time.
I pay my dues as the farmer carries the corn
Across his ploughed field to thresh.
This cusp of season has shaken my resolve;
Autumn creeps on in windy afternoons
While Summer flounders in last week's memory.
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--cringes-- I'm not even working yet, I'm still in high school ! After reading this, feel a little discouraged about working !
But, even so, this was written beautifully, and it had a lot of soul. Gorgeous piece. |
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Comment by: Sophia - 2006-10-31 09:09
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| Very well written, and it says what we all feel, stuck in some soulless office all day! :) |
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Comment by: ripleym - 2006-10-14 14:16
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Ouch!! Do we share the same job, or work in the same place??
I love the metaphors here, especially the tree wrenching its roots.
this just makes me even more determined to win the lottery.
At some point... |
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| This reminds me of something that was written long ago. I love the words you use, especially the last line. Nice work. |
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Frances - I feel your pain! Just what I needed to read before starting another day at work! : (
"Autumn creeps on in windy afternoons
While Summer flounders in last week's memory"
Those are really beautiful lines! There seems to be a contrast between the two stanzas, as if the first were modern and the second more traditional in feel. Very inspiring! - Gavin |
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