{"id":4555,"date":"2013-08-05T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:14:27","slug":"bad-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=4555","title":{"rendered":"Bad Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somedays are better than others and on a bad day I often turn to poetry to put things in perspective or as a distraction. I do like the site Poetry 180<\/a>. It always comes up in a poetry search, even when I am looking for a poem for a specific day and don’t necessarily want to search a poem by its number from 1-180. However there is a list of titles on the site and you can just go down the list until one speaks to you. This one did.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\nBad Day<\/span><\/h1>\n

\nKay Ryan<\/span><\/h2>\n
\nNot every day
is a good day
for the elfin tailor.
Some days
the stolen cloth
reveals what it
was made for:
a handsome weskit
or the jerkin
of an elfin sailor.
Other days
the tailor
sees a jacket
in his mind
and sets about
to find the fabric.
But some days
neither the idea
nor the material
presents itself;
and these are
the hard days
for the tailor elf.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n

This is one of those days when nothing seems to be coming together. The words won’t write <\/span>themselves and the brain slops around like water in a bucket. There is little or no focus. Or there is focus, but it only serves to un-focus one from the task of writing a focused article, if you know what I mean.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

Maybe later in the day, I’ll find the magic material for that jerkin of a post that fits perfectly or I’ll meet the elfin sailor, even more magical because I am not near the sea – surely he will have a story to tell. In the meantime, I’ll read a few more poems, hoping to find that verbal key to unlock the material closet.<\/p>\n

The picture? – the work of elves – maybe \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Have a great day!!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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