I spread myself too thin
I don't know how it happens but it does.
I have too many interests
and seem to be adding
more all the time.
I go from writing stories and poems
to films and TV series,
to Karate and Martial Arts,
and then there's the American sports,
I've been into the NFL since I was a kid,
and there's the baseball all summer too.
Can a person have too many interests?
Maybe I should drop some of my hobbies,
maybe I should leave the NFL and focus on
my writing for a while.
But then I remember its Super Bowl
weekend and my 49ers are playing.
Maybe I'll keep going but I just worry
that if I keep with all these interests,
even the poem I'm currently
working on will not be
fin
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Tom Dylan (
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- Comment from author about the poem: I have so many interests and hobbies, sometimes my head spins with it all. Maybe I need to cut back and focus on my writing.
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Spread more jam on the bread then?! I don't know how this metaphor fits in though! lol.
Maybe - take more time for bread and jam, as it were - relaxing, eating, etc. Focus more on just a few things?
Also - having things as hobbies, but not as obsessions, in wanting to rush to the 'end' of them, when in fact there is no end of certain things.
Yeah, writing stories and poems, reading and films and TV are my passions, but apart from that, I have lots of interests. I do wonder if I should focus on fewer...
Oh ain't life a torture??? the agony of it all.... Orchidee, when he slides away from his preoccupation with Botox. can actually make a bit of sense... (only a little bit , you understand... let's not go wild...)
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ished. All things in good time Tom. Don't stress out over it. Your interests are there for a reason. But never give up on your very talented writing. 😉👍
Haha! -ished! Like it! John Cooper Clarke wrote a haiku that's one of my faves, I kinda pinched the ending. 'To convey one's mood, in seventeen syllables, is very diffic' Always makes me smile. 🙂
Thanks as always for your comments, AP.
Well Tom, I caught it right away and my immediate thought was just to lend a hand. But a great write by you. Have a great weekend Tom. 😊👍
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LOL 🤣 don't forget your wife though, that would maybe be a frying pan moment, it would in my house lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣 happy Friday Mr T.C.D
Oh yes, good point, Teddy. My wife and my dog. 🙂 In our house I'm third in the pecking order.
Fantastic theme. Very relatable. Superb work.
Thanks, Thomas. Really appreciated.
We live life in the moment, and I would say enjoy what you do, and find inspiration in the things you love. A diverse life is a rich life, and your treasure is here in your words.
Thanks Bella. Good point. My wife always says, you make your own rules. So I can be into poetry one day and something completely different the next. 🙂
In life we are privileged to have so many interests Tom, you may have to reign them in sometimes but never be without them as they all bring so much joy.
Andy
Thanks Andy. Good point. Cheers, Tom.
Cool Tom,
Ya can enjoy 'The joys of writing haikus'
and 'The cool jazz of the haiku'
for haiku inspiration
Thanks Reynaldo. Appreciated.
Cool
you sound like a very lucky man .. enjoy each one and every single thing .. for as long as you can .. Neville
Thanks mate, will do. Writing stories and poems is my main passion but apart from that there's loads of stuff I'm into and the list is growing all the time. 🙂 Cheers, Tom.
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