They say you can’t put a good book down
Well I have the opposite problem
I can’t keep it up!
You see I have the attention span of a fly
Doesn’t matter how hard I try
My mind wanders as I ponder
Something quite irrelevant
Not about the story but about
Getting the car serviced
Cutting the grass
What’s for tea?
Is it only me who struggles to concentrate?
I read a page, turn to the next
Only remember the last paragraph at best
This month I’ve started four books
Got to about to chapter three
Not very far I’m sure you’ll agree
But then I lose interest
Move onto another
I’m sure will be better
But each time I fail
To sit long enough
To take in and understand the detail
Maybe I should get back to Janet and John
At least they wouldn’t take me long
To read them from cover to cover
Before I move onto another.
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Author:
The Retired Bloke (
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- Comment from author about the poem: I know I should try to be, but I am not a great reader of books. As I suffer from ADHD I struggle to concentrate long enough to finish them. (By the way Janet and John were a series of books designed to help school children learn to read).
- Category: Humor
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Comments1
That is such a shame. I can get totally lost in books.
Yes I wish I could too!
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