I am participating in The Two Writing Teachers' Slice of Life Story Challenge, writing every day during the month of March. My theme this year is "Outdoors".
It's spring
and the birds are flying
outside
free as the blue skies
and winds holding them aloft
It's spring
and the deadlines are flying
inside
binding as the black and white squares
on the calendars holding the time
Thirty-nine more days with
students
Thirty-one workdays to complete
inventory
Five hundred overdue
books
Four days away at a
conference
Three days of state
testing
Two days of necessary personal
leave
One jury duty
call
These days, it's hard to see
the birds
for the
deadlines.
You've used the imagery so well. I was particularly caught by your symbolism of birds (flight) and calendar (flight of time.) The count down helps.
ReplyDeleteI could feel your deadlines looming as I finished reading this. It's a good read, drawing me in to your days.
ReplyDeleteThis line was one that stood out to me: "binding as the black and white squares/on the calendars holding the time". Such a powerful image. Your list of all that you have to do and all your time constraints also added to the impact of the poem.
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