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I Want to Be Unproductive & Other Poems

The truth is, productivity is a by-product of a functional system, not a goal in and of itself. The question is not whether you are productive but what you are producing.

- Celeste Headlee -

I Want to Be Unproductive & Other Poems

Danielle, Coffyn's poem titled, "I Want to Be Unproductive," opens with these evocative lines:
"to ponder the meaning of yellow. to listen as summer cicadas sing their final symphony of the season. to dine with friends. to savor course after course. to inhale the scent of San Marzano tomatoes bathed in balsamic brine. to taste vanilla bean gelato and espresso marry on my tongue. to study the morning habits of a neighborhood robin..." Read the rest of the poem along with two others by Coffyn here. { read more }

Be The Change

For more inspiration, check out this delighteful illustrated post from Grant Snider, "Today I Will Do Nothing." { more }


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