Bad Desk, Bad, Bad Desk

January 11, 2012

My three mantras for 2012 are to listen more closely, pay attention, and be happy. The last one means, among various shades of emotion, to achieve equilibrium, inner peace, and calmness.

Therefore, I need to clean off my desk. I need to clear a space for writing. As a Libra, I thrive in a harmonious environment. I will recycle all unnecessary papers and shelve the books and folders from last semester. Time to let the new mess begin.

Published by Christine

Christine Swint’s poems have appeared in Calyx, Birmingham Poetry Review, Slant, a Journal of Poetry, Tampa Review, Heron Tree, Ekphrasis, and others. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets, and she has won first place prizes from the Georgia Poetry Society and Agnes Scott College. Her first collection, Swimming This, was published in 2015 by FutureCycle Press. She teaches first-year composition at a metro-Atlanta university and writes about poetry, art, hiking, and yoga at Balanced on the Edge, https://balancedonedge.blog Twitter @christine_swint View all posts by Christine