The Tale of the Clutterbug and the Minimalist

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Mon, 16 Oct 2017
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Clutter propagates,
from stuffed drawers
emerges,
submerges
cluttering, fettering –
distractions to work and thought:
sentimental?
detrimental?
    “but where is that thing that I kept just in case
    it may become useful one day?
    it’s just what I want, it’s just what I need,
    oh, where did I stash it away?”
__________________

Minimalist
isolationist
sight and mind clear
uncluttered thinking,
unstimulated?
little linking
to the past,
unreminded
unwarned;
    “Remember that thing that I felt deep inside
    maybe could be useful one day –
    now it’s just what I want, it’s just what I need,
    oh, why did I throw it away?”

[October Poetry Monthly: Sincere thanks and farewell to sentimental items.]

 

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Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

My sentiments exactly Rhiannon, it's so typical that the moment I get rid of something I need it.

A poem I can very much relate to.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jenny. It's either been thrown, or put away somewhere forgotten, or submerged! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

My grandad had a saying, 'Everything has a use, if it's only once in seven years'.  My grandmother banished him and his sayings, and his stuff, to the shed!

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

! Ah, have a clutterful shed, and a (partially) minimalist/tidy house! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks for cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Linda Wigzell Cress on

I wish I could be uncluttered. But I can't . For all the reasons in your poem plus the memories 'stuff' holds. My husband despairs! Nice take on the theme Rhiannon.

Linda

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Linda, Me also, and my husband too! I am sitting at a very cluttered desk at the moment, but that is largely due to notes that should be binned that are obscuring notes that need keeping at least awhile …! Rhiannon