Meetings of minds shine brightly…
flicker erratically… inevitably die...
Being unique instruments ~
requiring singular insulants
Eyes closing, mind aflame.
Slipping out of darkness I saw you in the light.
Here again.
Met an old friend.
Rebuild, mend an old friendship right.
Wake. End.
Goodbye.
I’ll patch our plight.
Try.
Eyes closing, mind aflame.
Rebuild, mend an old friendship right.
Try.
I'd marry you tomorrow
If I could, my dear
The only reason not today is 'cause
Today's already here
Twenty four short hours
Is more than time enough
To put it all together
The small details and such
I'd buy two airline tickets
To somewhere far away
Care not for the timeline
Just plan a lengthy stay
We'll lodge romantic style
In quaint, idyllic suites
At placid, tranquil places
Where music fills the streets
First night we'll hear Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker's in town
Let's share a clove before we go
And let the world go 'round
As long as you're my sweetheart
You're all my heart's eyes view
So go ahead now, you lay back
I know just what to do
Moments before the meetings
always so full of significance,
aeon after mismatches
filled with bitter memoirs...
Zoom meetings can be educational
giving you the chance to
meet people with exceptional
verses like you
Each person takes their time to read aloud
words written from their heart
enraptured in a tented shroud
steeped in the art
The poetics of your soul soon take aim
and give the reader joy
it may not bring you sudden fame
but you'll enjoy
the company of those who love like you
the gentle words that cling
like vines upon your soul's sinew
you link, they bring....
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Contest Name Writing Challenge -
December 28, 2022.
It's December now, the weather's turning
But in my heart a flame is burning
Keeping me as warm as toast
Inside it lives, it does not boast
The one who warms my inner soul
Is one who sings and makes me whole
The snow may fly but care not I
I'm snuggled in her lullaby
My latest piece is -1600 characters too long for the poetry section (sigh)
So it's under short stories. The URL is:
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I hope you like it.
I am intolerant of people who make a meeting last two extra hours.
Asking inane questions that pertain to only them.
And of the leaders of the meeting who allow them to take over.
Commandeering the rest of us.
Some think I am rude when I leave at the scheduled time.
Half of the other participants follow me out.
I sit behind the computer
scripting the daily lesson plan,
while hoping there’s no intruder,
of them I’m not an eager fan.
A guest speaker comes to impart
something in boring monotone.
I hope he imparts something smart
or I’ll be reading on my phone.
A meeting scheduled noon today
is for, I’m not sure what or why!
The dull message makes my mind stray;
for this once, I wish time would fly!
My pencils are sharpened just so.
The computer is securely encoded.
My thoughts are ready to outflow
and my brain is close to imploded.
My nails are done; my hair is styled;
new shoes I bought last month, or week.
Addled from the hard push so wild,
the harried week seems rather bleak.
All tasks done as guideline bids.
Today is our convocation.
I don’t know about all the kids,
But I need a long vacation!
Late afternoon,
when sun starts
frowning...
the moon begins
smiling...
birds land
in the nests...
I at this time,
i sing for life
and I welcome happiness...
my mission accomplished
I feel that life is superb...
Carry me into the arms of
my beloved...!
while they, sun and moon
mismatch,
I'm going to meet
my love,
my light in life... !
Online meeting
They are easy and convenient, some say,
They are cumbersome, I say,
The struggle to get up and be on time: still there,
The struggle to look good and professional: yes, it’s there,
The worst is to sound serious and engaged.
When the family is tip toeing around flashing wry smiles.
Each second is an hour!
On video, I become conscious of how old I have become:
The pain of looking tired, the pain of being tired - immense and they,
Take over all other powers of reasoning.
Yet, I try to sound interested and even crack a joke saying that it all ended too soon.
After the meeting, I am directly transferred to a setting where expectations of the family flying high.
They have been waiting just as much I did, for my meeting to end
But none of them want to hear what happened at the meeting
So, they avoid the discussion like plague
I am stuck in between two worlds.
The online work is convenient, some say
They are cumbersome, I say!
Your face is tiny on my screen,
one square among the twenty-two -
but rising out of my laptop,
somehow you fill the entire room.
The professor talks away but
I scarcely listen, for meanwhile,
I can spend the whole meeting with
my eyes fixed on your smile.
Four members of vowels
Sitting right front
At all the meetings of key board
Meetings are made
For people to gather information to persuade
As you sit on a chair and listen
Sometimes it may be just waiting for intermission
And you wonder if it’s true
What you are hearing from the speaker too
So do you sit and hope for too
Death by PowerPoint before it’s through.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Meetings, Bloody Meetings
Meetings, bloody meetings,
All talk yet nothing gets said,
Meetings, pointless meetings,
Power suits gone to their head.
Strategies, Blue Sky thinking,
Flip charts and a cup of tea.
How does any work get done?
There in meetings from 9 till 3.
Minutes, bloody, minutes,
Do we agree the points were read?
Minutes, pointless, Minutes,
Any other Business, NO! well said.
Let’s plan the way, going forward,
and agree what it should be.
Do we have Filter in the morning?
Or do we stick with Earl Grey tea.
Managers, wasteful Managers,
Attending a 3-day Seminar,
About making the most of meetings,
How crazy, how bizarre.
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