8 AM \u2014 a dull
sky oozing through glass,
storms forecast \u2014 a lull
of stillness must pass,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
one more hollow hour
before work should start \u2014
rushing to shower,
to speak prayers (by heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n
memorized, rooted
and constituted
of tisane and sounds) \u2014
while incense surrounds
and each moment moves
on a clock’s fine grooves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This morning, I decided to write a poem about the quotidian to solidify some rhyme scheme elements I learned about while working through The Poem’s Heartbeat<\/em> by Corn. There are other types of rhyming things that I would like to experiment with that were addressed in an earlier chapter, but inspiration is inspiration, and this is the poem that I wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are some elements of this poem that I like, some that I don’t \u2014 but it was fun, especially since I worked from 9 AM \u2013 10 PM today and didn’t manage to get in more than some quick breaks for making and eating meals (and sheltering in my bedroom closet during a 30-minute tornado warning while soothing an agitated cat, which is the exact opposite of relaxing despite technically being a screen break) between answering emails, participating in a Zoom-based half-day training, and combing through Excel and Sharepoint files. 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