Another day, another poem … The theme for today’s poem for this poetry projecct for February, is ‘Inside’ … As I’m sitting on the sofa this morning, laptop on lap, window the the left of me, TV screen in front of me, Missy our dog on her sofa on my left, it was easy to find things to put into an “inside” themed poem.
So this poem is basically life as it happened, with some further thougthts about my life, Missy’s life, my husband’s life, and possible further life … At the moment, I’m happy enough with today’s poem, it isn’t loaded with metaphor or fancy poetic form constraints, it isn’t ‘clever’ or terribly deep, really.
It’s just my new poem, with some of my thoughts about the day, today, the fourth day of February, and what is happening right here, right now.
Here is the poem, I hope you like it. Feel free to post a comment, if you wish. About my poem, about the contents of this blog, about the #poemadayfeb project, about anything!
Here is today’s poem:
My Inside/Outside Life
Sitting inside, looking out,
I see cars passing by,
& trees with waving branches –
waving hello to me?
No, just waving, at the dictates
of the breeze.
Inside with me, are Missy,
& the TV screen.
Missy & I both ignore
screen’s action, Superbowl?
Pfft, who cares? Not us,
none of our business.
What is our business?
Is it inside or outside?
Missy is pet dog,
self-installed ‘guard’ dog,
hubby’s walking companion,
so for her it’s both.
My business is, hmm, what?
Writing? Community stuff?
‘Business’ is a textured word,
spiky with taxation obligations
& other rules & regulations,
but can be rewarding, too …
I’m a pensioner,
my ‘business’ is untainted
by money, & taxation,
unless my business was to off,
climbing above & beyond
inside/outside constraints.
Writing, & community,
writing about community,
just writing, writing a poem
writing a novel, writing my way
into things, bigger and better
than my inside/outside life?
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 