Spring Clean or Another Poem?

Do I really want to bother
with housework today?

I would really much rather
sit down here and play
with words on the computer
than soap up a lather
in a bucket
or the washing machine.

I’d rather write poems
than make everything clean!

Kim M. Russell, 19th April 2021

Retro vector poster. With housewife stock illustration

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My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: Come ‘bother’ up a poem

De is back to bother us this Monday with the quadrille and the word ‘bother’.

70 thoughts on “Spring Clean or Another Poem?”

  4. Oh Kim, I am with you 100% on this one! I forced myself to do some spring cleaning today, but only after I had written two poems. My friend had a fridge magnet which said ‘It’s me or the house: we can’t both be beautiful.’ In my case it’s my poetry or the house…

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      2. I’ve been up since six and only managed to rad and comment on 14 poems on Twitter – I’m having a breakfast break at the moment, Not sure when I’ll get a chance to write my NaPoWriMo poem for today or continue reading and commenting on dVerse. The main thing is that it’s all poetry!

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      3. All poetry is all good! But yes, you really have your work cut out as the quadrille count is now 46, and don’t they sometimes get about 200 poems on #TopTweetTuesday?

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    1. Usually I have a set writing time, Ron, from early morning until just before lunchtime, which leaves me the afternoon for important or pressing chhores.

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  13. I’m with you on this one, Kimster. I feel like I’m a different person this month, glued to the keyboard. I’m not sure My Beloved Sandra still recognizes me. Write on!

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  24. I’d rather write poems
    than make everything clean!

    It is a good choice, Kim, when one chooses to be poetically productive than being led off by being productive with housework. It registers lots of satisfaction and upped the sense of achievement.

    Hank

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