Write Your Life!: Poem-a-Day: Volunteer Routine

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Poem-a-Day: Volunteer Routine

Routine

Routine.

Just volunteer,

But needed, welcome work

To stay connected to the world

Where people walk and talk and do their jobs.

Relaxing and writing are good

But still I need to have

Your discipline,

Routine.

3 comments:

Travelin'Oma said...: What a great message in a unique format!; March 7, 2008 at 12:41 AM
seniorwriter said...: Thanks, Marty. I'm having fun writing these little poems. I guess they are another part of my routine, at least for March.; March 7, 2008 at 6:02 AM
Soaroir de Campos said...: Tambem tenho uma rotina. Todas as manhãs escrevo uma poesia. Pena que ainda não aprendi passá-las para o inglês.

I have a routine of mine as well. Every morning I write a piece of poetry. Unfortunately I haven't learned to translate them to english.
http://pote-de-poesias.blogspot.com/

Soaroir de Campos; November 2, 2008 at 7:55 AM

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I live on the thirty-fifth floor of a senior highrise on Chicago's Gold Coast. I retired in 1999 after 40 years in the English Department of Wilbur Wright College, on Chicago's Northwest Side, where I was department chair for 7 years and Wright's Distinguished Service Professor for 1995-96.

In late 2005, I found myself retired, widowed, 73, and depressed, so I set out to find contentment through reflection and writing. My first published book, Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor (2006), is a series of personal essays recounting that quest and some of the experiences that came before it. My second is Seniorwriting: A Brief Guide for Seniors Who Want to Write (2007). My third is poetry, Elder Expectations: My Life in Rictameters (2008). My writing also includes a column for eGenerations.com.

I advocate writing for everyone, and hope to encourage my fellow senior citizens to write. I am a member of the Illinois Woman's Press Association, The Story Circle Network, The Authors Marketing Group, and the Chicago Writers Associaion and a volunteer at the Chicago Cultural Center. Please comment on my posts!

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