Sweet Procrastination

procrastination, imagination, poetry's addictive verbal incarnation

Procrastination…

Oh, sweet temptation!

Put off work’s designation

Bury head in sand’s silicon nation

Play in Word’s imagination

Concocting poems of conflagration

Oh, naughty, naughty me…

 

Time to pick up my responsibility…

 

Bright Ocean Star, April 26, 2015

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, as Woody says, you make procrastination sound attractive...and as the song says on so many words..."if this is wrong, i don't want to be right"---

are poets responsible? not always...it is how we exist...by the seat of your pants, on the fly...and with our words as they come.

[Bright Ocean Star]

It's terrible, but I like living like that...by the seat of my pants. As long as I get to write, I'm a happy human...:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

hell, seat of my pants, it's how i teach and write....but i am better that way than meticulous planning...:)))

[Bright Ocean Star]

Aahh, Jacob...Would that I could teach molecular biology flying from the seat of my pants. Perhaps one day I'll get there. For now, it's practice, prepare, outline, define, practice, practice, practice for another day... Ha! I knew I should have listened to my English teacher in high school and gone into writing, rather than biology!

[Coyote Poetry]

I do understand this poem. A common mistake made by many. Nice use of words made your point. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[MomzillaNC]

Procrastination is always some activity preferred over responsibility. That’s why we procrastinate. It’s just more fun and your poem shows us that.

[Bright Ocean Star]

Thank you, MamaZ. Sometimes procrastination is an important part of the creation process. Thank you for coming by and leaving your comments. It is nice to see you here. How's Zander doing?

[MomzillaNC]

YVW. Xander is still in limbo :(

[Bright Ocean Star]

Oh, come on! He's too cool to stay in trouble. You've got to get him off.

[MomzillaNC]

I know, I know…

[AaronFreitas]

I really enjoyed reading this piece... I enjoyed the creative rhyming and the the topic. I am definitely a procrastinator... sometimes this mind gets full of thoughts and I can't stay focused :) Great write

[Bright Ocean Star]

Thank you, Aaron. I believe it happens to everyone! I'm glad I am not the only one...:)

[AaronFreitas]

Some of the most productive people are procrastinators :)

[Matching Socks]

I like to fool myself into thinking that I'm procrastinating for a reason.
Don't know the reason. You however are romancing procrastination. Dancing with it.
Drinking inspiration from it.

[Bright Ocean Star]

Thank you, Ana. I'm so happy you liked this little poem. I just told myself, "One more little poem. Just one, and I would go to work." Ha-ha! It got me picking up the work that I'd been putting off for other things to do. :)

[Matching Socks]

Haha! Yes, I do that too. One more little poem...

[Moonie]

The best time to do something is later...you make procrastination sound as sweet and tempting as the forbidden fruit...I love your humour, my bright friend!! :))

[Bright Ocean Star]

Thank you, Moon daughter. It is always more fun to write on this site than do my other homework. Oh, would that I could ever be paid to write full time. I would have no further excuse to procrastinate! :)

[NoelHC]

It is tempting to block out all those responsibilities, and just devote the time to letting the words flow. You say it well here.

[Bright Ocean Star]

Thank you, Noel. I appreciate you for dropping by to read this silly one. Thank you!

[Michael G. Smith]

The quirkiness of the rhyme translates to the mood.

[Brittany Zedalis]

I knew I was going to love this as soon as I saw the title, haha.

I'm very bad for procrastinating, so I know how it feels.

I enjoyed how amusing this was. I needed it.

[Bright Ocean Star]

Ah, Brittany. It is always a good day when I see you drop in. I'm happy you enjoyed this one. Sometimes, it seems the more work that piles up, the more I get pulled into my computer to conjure metaphors. Ha! I blame Jacob. He encourages this pastime with his mastery of metaphorical menagerie. :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Oh I know this one all too well. This year, however, I am proud to say, for the first time in 11 years, I filed my taxes 5 days ahead of the deadline.:)

[Bright Ocean Star]

Yeay! Progress. I'm proud of you, K. We did, too! It was nice getting them done early and getting the check in the mail early. Not typical for us at all...:)