The exercise:
Following up on last Saturday's prompt, today we shall write four line poems about: your outside voice.
Work went by quickly today, which is always nice. Very much looking forward to the fair tomorrow.
Mine:
I can see that you really need to go -
It must be so hard to wait, I bet.
But I do still need a few more minutes,
This washroom is just not clean quite yet...
3 comments:
I did notice your comment earlier in the week about follow-on Saturday, so I was kind of expecting this :) I hope the fair is lots of fun tomorrow for you all.
I like how this week's poem is the reply to last weeks, and that the voices are nicely distinct. And clearly drawn from real life, to some extent! I do hope that your inside and outside voices never swap places though, as there will only be trouble if that happens....
The outside voice
Patiently, finally, the outside voice enumerates
All the problems with the plans the
Inside voice promotes and proposes a
Nuanced solution to satisfy both.
You need to go outside
Every moment you wish to be
Loud, loud,
Loud!
Greg - hey, look at me being caught up enough on comments to give warnings like that! Though I've fallen further behind again, I'm trying to get back to within a week again. Makes catching up seem like a thing I might be able to manage one day...
You know, I think my inside voice has only ever escaped into my outside voice once while I was at work. It was many years ago now, and I did manage to modify it just enough so that I didn't get any complaints (or get fired), but I remember it very clearly :)
That's a great four line poem, sir. I can quite picture this person sitting at home alone, speaking to the inside voice and eventually coming to an agreement that allows him or her to move forward.
Morganna - hah, how many times have I (essentially) said this to Max? Nice acrostic, by the way :)
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