Alex Blustin returns to give the directions for today’s NaPoWriMo prompt. He says: The prompt is Direction, but not as we know it from Patrick’s book Poetry Non-Stop. I won’t be talking about the cardinal points, but about the direction supplied by bosses. Love them, hate them or ignore them completely; line managers, directors and CEOs are as inevitable a feature of life as death and taxes. Choose a boss you have known – or even dare I say a boss you have been – and write a poem about them.
The following is dedicated to anyone who has ever worked in a team on a creative project. A lot of us have known this person; and, sadly, a lot of us have been this person at some time in our lives. The poem first appeared in issue 59 of Lighten Up Online.
The artistic director
He knows the way that he wants it to go,
Until he’s convinced that he wants something else –
Don’t doubt him! The Master is just in the flow;
He knows the way that he wants it to go;
He vacillates, wavers and bluffs like a pro,
But how does he even believe it himself?
He knows the way that he wants it to go,
Until he’s convinced that he wants something else.
First published by Lighten Up Online, Issue 59, Sep 2022:
https://www.lightenup-online.co.uk/index.php/2022/issue-59-september-2022/interval-three-nine-eights
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