Poem: I Should Like To Write

Vacation is over. Holiday is spent. Back to work. I gotta pay rent. :)

Poem: I Should Like To Write
By Dave “Doc” Rogers
© 20090322
 

I should like to write

 

‘Tis a proper English thing to say

 

I should like to write
 

A whimsical fancy, a childish foray

 

I awake from dreams of stories grand

Of adventures and quests, might of hand

Of perils and dangers, a hero’s stand

Pushing off bed my feet to floor land

 

I stumble to shower; heat, soap, wake

Dreams on hold, this the road I take

The office, the people, my heart ache

Reality hit, no time to make

 

The creative, delayed one more time

Swirling within, thought in mystic rhyme

Stories worth telling; to not, a crime

Dearest held at bay; pain felt, sublime

 

Money to be had, work is required

Labor in exchange, skill to be hired

Time given in compulsion now mired

Boards, the meets, the endless task list sired

 

To sit and retell stories well done

From rising to falling, the day’s sun

The pen and paper, my companion

Alone with my thoughts, working day won

 

I should like to write

 

‘Tis a proper English thing to say

 

I should like to write

A whimsical fancy, a life’s foray

 

Author's Note

Enjoy and commisserate in my wish.

Reviews

[Cherry Berry]

I always have a creative surge in the middle of working when I do not have the time to stop and at least write the thought down. By the time I can, I can't remember for the life of me what it was.... That is my luck. lol This was a fun and enjoyable piece. The flow in this poem is amazing. I enjoyed reading this piece. Well penned.
xox
Cherri

[Naomi Montana Walsh]

I would like to say, I thpught this a well crafted peom :To sit and retell stories well done
From rising to falling, the day's sun... I like this rhyme not the average way a rhyme goes and it worked very well..

[TL Boehm]

yes, at this point...I should like to write....anything...a limerick. Directions to the mall...anything

[SetApartGirl]

This is a really good poem. It's every writers wish to just write and write and write and do nothing else.

[Blackbirdsong]

It's clear you were having a fun and enjoying this write because it comes through in every line. Whenever I hear that term "I should like to write" I'm certain I'll be thinking of this poem. It was fun to read as well since this is how it is, we think before we write. I just came from someone's page who told all of her reviewers to ignore her grammatical errors but give their opinions anyway. No thank you. I have zero respect for writers like that, but then again they don't have enough respect for their work to polish it. Anyway I loved this. :)

[Nick Erickson]

"I should like to write
'Tis a proper English thing to say
I should like to write
A whimsical fancy, a life's foray"

Using this as an opening works great for this poem, and repeating it at the end definately adds punctuation to the poem. It works well.

"Money to be had, work is required"

This is too true. If we didn't have to work we would simply write - and then nothing would get done.

I join you in your writer's frustration.

[Jade]

Ha ha! Life does get in the way, doesn't it? I should like to write, too. It ain't comin'! I loved how this flowed, the sentiment attached. Really different, but said so much.

Well done!

Jade

[Ladysue]

You captured this feeling perfectly. It is even harder going to work right after vacation. Love the last line!!! Nicely done!

[We are young.]

I loved this poem! The flow was amazing, and the words you put into made everything fall into place, a joy to read. Thanks for writting!

[Starsong]

Hear, hear! I don't know how many times I have sat the desk at work, the enticing beginnings of a promising write dancing in my head. All I can say is, I can't wait 'til retirement, if such a thing still exists in twenty years! Having now vented, about the poem- nicely captures the drudgery of working for money while dreams must be put on hold. Money can be such a bother. If only it weren't necessary for living! Nicely done, Doc!