44 responses to “My Cause”

1. I love the contrast between ‘dutiless Monday’ and the ‘claws of upcoming Fridays’. I especially like the phrase ‘a clause to be closed’.

   • Thank you… I tried to see the positive in a Monday…. but it didn’t really feel that way.

   • Exactly what stood out to me too!

2. I LOVE that second stanza! The play of “claws” and “clause,” and the thought that Friday can have claws, or cause for pause. 😉

   • I thought it would pleas you 🙂

3. Fun wordplay, Björn.

   I am sorry I couldn’t join OLN as the internet was down in my apartment as there was some repair work going on.

   • At least we have a recording of the meeting… 🙂

     • Great. I will check out. Thanks.

4. Friday with claws.😱 We need more dutyless Mondays.

   • And Fridays with zazz

5. Dutyless Monday? Hah! What’s that?

   Love the wordplay, Björn..

   • Maybe there will be those sometimes

6. This

   is a great poem!

   • This… is what it is.

7. loved the word play in this

   • Words has to be played with

8. “unknown and unowned”

   • free for all

9. Now I’m contemplating why Fridays have claws. 🦞

   • Lobster night?

10. Aww, sunlight transformed into clouds :( I love your wordplay with claws/clause here!

    • I don’t want a clause with claws though

11. I like this take on the prompt and the contrasts throughout the poem.

    • Thanks, had fun writing it.

12. From Monday’s light to Friday’s claws of night…Monday’s seem endless…

    • Forever Monday

13. Fun read. Luv your wordplay

    What a charming image!!!

    much🤍love

    • Words shouls be played with

14. A dutyless Monday would be a blessing. I wish 🙂

    • Or not… being unwished for is part of it I think…

15. THIS is a delightful powerful poem. The form is perfect.

    • Nothing more important than this.

16. Love the play on words, and the way you wrap it all up in service to a cause.

    • This is the cause.

17. I will help you out … close your clause with a few !!!!!!!!!

    Well done, Bjorn and thanks again for leading the OLN so beautifully.

    • I always thought that ??? was more important than !!!!

18. This

    is one in the eye

    to dull obligation,

    which can presume to

    dominate retirement also

    if we don’t take the initiative

    to say: no! I am alive!

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Glad you are (alive) Bjorn, and continuing to write, so well and so lucidly, enlighteningly, illuminatingly. Stay alight!

    • As long as there is

      This

      I’ll stay alive

      • I’m glad!

19. This put me in mind of when I worked the five day grind and every Monday had so many plans and goals for the week ahead, but alas, Friday came too soon and never soon enough.

    • Indeed— that is how it often is/was

20. Awesome 👏🏼

21. “and sunlight transformed
    into clouds.”

    Loved the imagery in this and wordplay. 🙂

22. Claws and clause, well played, and the evocative act – neglect.

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