24

October
2007

So much work and so little time

category: Academic, Writing
by Soph,

Day Sixteen:

two friends
cycle and laugh
in the rain

Day Seventeen:

sucking up leaves, these workers
take away my autumn

Day Eighteen:

rustling bush –
squirrel’s tail
disappears

Day Nineteen:

waiting for buses
and watching leaves
fall

Day Twenty:

what a racket!
ducks squabbling
on the lake

Day Twenty-One:

breathing clouds
into a clear blue sky –
autumn afternoon

Day Twenty-Two:

parading round the river bend
a whole troop of ducks!

Day Twenty-Three:

the sun peeps through water droplets
on my window

Day Twenty-Four:

three students
scuffle in the leaves
collecting conkers

I’m sorry for the enormous lack of updates recently - it turns out university actually involves quite a lot of work. I have two essays to write for next week - one to be handed in on Monday and the other on Tuesday; I have to read the last Fitt of Sir Gawain and translate two passages from it for tuesday; I have another French book to finish reading for Friday; I have a translation to write and grammar exercises to do for tomorrow, and reading and writing work to do for my French grammar seminar on Monday. All of this makes my brain hurt.

On the bright side, the HaikuWriMo seems to be going well - there have been a few days recently where I haven’t had time to sit down and think about nature let alone try to write things about it, but I’m managing to keep up. John came to visit me here at the weekend and we went on a lovely autumnal walk around a lake and through the woods, which provided some inspiration for me.

Sadly this is going to be another short post because I need to get back to work. Exciting grammar exercises, here I come!


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6 Comments so far

  1. strugglingwriter | 24 October 2007, 14:22

    I like day 18 the best. Good luck with the work. I don’t miss that part of college.

  2. John | 24 October 2007, 19:08

    I quite like number 21 especially toooo :mrgreen:
    Sorry about the amount of work you have, at least its keeping you busy and stimulated in the intellectual department I suppose. Good luck with it all.

  3. SzélsőFa | 25 October 2007, 12:40

    I too, liked #18 the most.
    You’ve really got quite a number of tasks.
    Just go ahead, we ‘ll wait :)

  4. Absolute Vanilla (and Atyllah) | 25 October 2007, 17:42

    Your haiku is so beautifully evocative! I love it how you create scenes with so few words.
    Good luck with the essays - all sounds heavy going but I remember doing the same myself :-)

  5. Rob | 26 October 2007, 06:16

    Absolutely love 17. Good luck with your schoolwork.

  6. Suzie | 26 October 2007, 22:20

    I love number 17. I remember those leaf-sucking guys from uni well.

    Good luck with the work! :)