Jeffrey Winke lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a suburban condo mere blocks from Lake Michigan. He writes haiku, haibun, and articles about heavy equipment moving dirt.
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Bummer.
It though.
It does happen.
Maybe more often than I know.
Or want to know.
Thanks for this.
I have been given a great deal,
so I have never been in a reflection
that tells me it was for nothing.
Learning is something too.
So poignant. It could be perceived in so many ways. Not successful, not enough, not submitted …
a feeling of this hole that won’t get filled, potential unfulfilled.
Here’s my potsherd: remnants of years of commercial pre-press production work as a master journeyman, translated into twelve-hour night shifts, cascading layoffs (due to severe downsizing from digitalization revolution) and other numbing horrors. If it’s any consolation, I (and others) found new life after the final layoff. This remnant
Jeffrey, agreeing, all are victims of recession; those in bread lines, as well as those doing well. Carole D. your words vindicate the different percept:
nothing
for everything:
job offer
Bummer.
It though.
It does happen.
Maybe more often than I know.
Or want to know.
Thanks for this.
I have been given a great deal,
so I have never been in a reflection
that tells me it was for nothing.
Learning is something too.
Right on the $….
That’s great!
So poignant. It could be perceived in so many ways. Not successful, not enough, not submitted …
a feeling of this hole that won’t get filled, potential unfulfilled.
I fill it with pasta…
Very well put. Slave labor for slave wages…
So much for so little;
Delayed gratification just does not cut it!
Thanks all. Is it obvious I’m a victim of the global economic recession?
You as well as many others…but on the other hand something now-a-days is better than nothing. So many have nothing.
this is one of your best Jeff…a beautiful consistent mood and artfully ambiguous
Here’s my potsherd: remnants of years of commercial pre-press production work as a master journeyman, translated into twelve-hour night shifts, cascading layoffs (due to severe downsizing from digitalization revolution) and other numbing horrors. If it’s any consolation, I (and others) found new life after the final layoff. This remnant
vacation ?
looking for
my chains
became,
the view
from not working
breathtaking!
Jeffrey, agreeing, all are victims of recession; those in bread lines, as well as those doing well. Carole D. your words vindicate the different percept:
nothing
for everything:
job offer