Poetry from A to Z *
(* NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge)
P is for… Procrastination
~ by Laurel Regan
what must it feel like
to be someone
who
faithfully tackles
life’s mundane tasks
promptly
diligently
responsibly
making hay while the sun shines
instead of
postponing, ignoring
pushing yet another annoying burden
out of the way
onto a crowded back burner
easily distracted by shiny things
and the prospect of something
(anything, really)
more fun
more interesting
not absolutely required
i’d love to investigate
but right now i’m stuck inside
on a sunny spring weekend
last-minute, eleventh hour
in the company of
an assortment of income tax forms
and a bulging cardboard box
full to messy overflowing
with
unsorted
unfiled
unorganized
potential deductions
if i ever find out
i’ll let you know
Are you participating in any April challenges?
Please share!
I enjoyed reading your poem. I too am participating in the Ultimate Blog Challenge for April and am enjoying pushing myself to blog more.
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April 19, 2015
Thank you! Good luck with the UBC!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – P is for…
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April 18, 2015
It seems your blog post today made it in the 11th hour too! 😉 No wonder though with income tax time! 😉 <3
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April 19, 2015
I used to do my income tax as soon as I possibly could, but have been pushing it until the last minute over the past few years. Silly, really!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – P is for…
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April 18, 2015
The 11th hour poem. But it was fun reading. I am not going to procrastinate.
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April 19, 2015
Good for you! I wish I could say the same. 😉
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – P is for…
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April 18, 2015
Oh my, I can SO unfortunately relate to the problem of procrastination – it has plagued me for most of my life! Really endeavoring to make 2015 the year I gain some significant ground to pull down this stronghold!
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April 19, 2015
It’s funny, because I’m not like that at ALL when it comes to my job – just my personal life. Need to change that!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – P is for…
Oh yeah, procrastination seems to be constant companion. After all, there is always tomorrow!
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April 19, 2015
Yes indeed, LOL!
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April 19, 2015
Haha. Well done. You’ve captured the feeling of procrastination so well. I veer between the two opposites. I’m dilegent … mostly … until I procrastinate.
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April 19, 2015
I’m great when it comes to my job – it’s only in my personal life that procrastination is an issue.
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – P is for…
I try hard not to procrastinate important stuffs, specially when it becomes very difficult to manage 🙂
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April 19, 2015
I wish I was more like that! At least I’m not a procrastinator when it comes to my paying job. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – P is for…
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April 19, 2015
Oh, my I could relate to your poem. I love to procrastinate and seem to live in deadline mode. When I feel the pressure of a deadline is the only time I seem to get things finished. Otherwise I pick at stuff and flit from one thing to another, looking at Facebook in between of course. It’s the best for procrastinating! UGH! Taxes! Don’t blame you for procrastinating on that. Blek!
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April 19, 2015
I think the taxes would be a WHOLE lot easier if I’d only done my filing over the last *ahem* three years. *blush*
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – P is for…
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April 19, 2015
Lol, good one! All of us must be guilty of this one vice, sometime or the other.
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April 20, 2015
I think so – some more than others, perhaps!
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April 19, 2015
nice take on prompt “P”. procrastination is a constant companion 🙂
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April 20, 2015
Glad you understand! 😉
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