Busy Poems

The straw that breaks the camel's back

I run in circles all day long
doing a heap of chores and
getting things done
but I'll tell you what I truly find exhausting.
It's the waiting and not knowing,
it sets me back and slows me down.
It frustrates me to the bitter end.

Instead of multitasking
I end up multimasking
juggling and pretending
to be the patient person
that I'm really not.

Week after week

Mondays are usually a drag
while Fridays burst with excitement without fail
~ we’re hamsters at the treadmill



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Be Still

Be Still

Be still it says
Be still it says
Commandment 
Clear and plain
But how in a busy world
Can I be still 
Just like God says?
With things to do
In every place
And folk to meet
And always more
A whirlwind race
No end in sight
No time to stop
And nothing do
Be still and rush no more.
Command is there
I can’t deny
So help me, God,
To

Busy

sorry, I did not hear you ~ was busy looking around in the zoo

A Busy Mom

Every day is Mother’s Day
we clean, we cook, we sew,
costumes, for kids dress up play
then out to sport we go.
Cricket, swimming, basketball,
gymnastics, ballet too,
soothe away their tummy aches
as mums, that’s what we do.
Get up early, pack their lunch
then send them to their schools,
spick and span with polished shoes
to ensure they learn the rules.
Make their beds,

keeping busy to avoid grief

zealously busy was young widow Kim
frenzied activities to not think of him
she painted her house pink on a giant whim
he came to her in her dreams, her true love, Jim.

A Busy Bee

A busy bee browses the lavender bush
Collecting sweet nectar no doubt
Visits loads of blue flowers
Goes on round about.

Some distance away tall buddleia blooms. 
Its long purple blossoms in spikes
The butterflies love it and never give up
Its nectar is vital for life.

The soil underneath is full of life too
Worms, woodlice, and beetles and plenty of bugs.
Some

Miners

Deep gold digging ants,                                                   

When It Counts

Not now
Too busy
Much to do
Lot on my plate
Later
Later
Later
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe next week
Maybe on the weekend
Maybe if I can find the time
Later
Later
Later
Got important things to do
Gotta concentrate
Gotta focus
Got too much going on
Later
Later
Later
When there’s time
When I get a minute
When I can
When I have the energy
Later
Later
Later
I’ll be there when it matters
When it’s important
When it counts
You can depend on me!
Later.

endless amusement

endless amusement
cat chasing same mouse teaser
on shoestring budget




AP: 1st place 2025

Busy

Some days are busy, while others are not.
Still, you must deal with whatever you’ve got.
Even with planning, you never can tell
When life will get hectic, at least for a spell.

It’s great to exist between boredom and crazed,
But when that occurs, I am slightly amazed
For either the hours stretch out without end
Or I’m rushing, with poems

TOO BUSY

On a walk the other day…as a flower garden I happened by
I stopped to watch…then have a conversation with a pretty butterfly.

“Do you ever worry, as I do?” I asked that pretty butterfly,
“about the world we are creating?”
“I haven’t got the time to worry.” She smiled as she flitted from flower to flower 
“I’m much

BUSY BUSY BUMBLE BEE

Busy…Buzzing…Bumble Bee
Busy Buzzing Bottling Honey
Jumbo Bundled Bumble Bee
With Bold-Brown Buttoned Bottoms 
And Billowy Belted Blemished Top
All well-suited for yet another
Busy-Busy Beautifully-Buzzing
Kind of Day
Bottling Golden Malted Honey
For the Bubble-Blowing Honey-Bee…•

Honey Bee

Oh,my dear busy honey bee,                                                
 Your life

Busy Morning

Morning still
Busy kitchen
Preparing food.

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