Comment from --Turtle.

Excellent

Hi, Craig...

Read through this fun poem, relatable. Entertaining, self-showing, does well to mark the journey you are on, having a deadline every day, with good humor in the occasional slip in perfection. I don't know many people who engage in art, who haven't felt that bum rush to produce something... anything... by a deadline.

Charette is a good word to have on hand. For some reason, looking at it, I wanted to pronounce it Shar-ay (so with the forget first, that helps in steering me to pronoucing it Char-et.

and I'll be feeling more than slightly mad.
(ha...)

Oops, there I go, I've messed up all my rhyme--
(double ha!)

If silly verse does not your dreams fulfill,
(nice turn in phrase to work the rhyme)

Nicely done here.

 Comment Written 14-Sep-2018

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reply by the author on 14-Sep-2018

Thanks so much, Turtle. There's one person I can always count on to get my drift. I really do appreciate the time you take to understand every piece, and to come up with supportive and helpful comments and suggestions. A very good reviewer on this site has just been given a great honour, but for my money, an even better one missed out.

Comment from RodG

Excellent

I love the tongue-in-cheek tone of this poem as you APPEAR to be mocking yourself for procrastinating and then using "subterfuge and bluff."
And, hey, I think your readers would not have been offended if you used "pissed" in line 9. Loved how you were able to use your word-of-the-day in your closer. Rod

 Comment Written 14-Sep-2018

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reply by the author on 14-Sep-2018

Many thanks, Rod. They probably wouldn't have been offended, but then the next couple of lines wouldn't have made sense ;-) Most grateful -- Craig

Comment from sajeda6

Excellent

I really enjoyed this poem. Some we have to reach a deadline but the mind becomes blank. It's nicely written , goes along with the title, nice picture to go with it. Sometimes we just need that little extra time to come out with our best work.
Lovely read

 Comment Written 14-Sep-2018

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reply by the author on 14-Sep-2018

I think we've all wished for more time to do the things we love doing, rather than the things we have to do. Many thanks for the delightful comments -- Craig

Comment from WildWithWords

Exceptional

Dude! *shakes head* Awesome!

I'm gonna award my fellow Aussie 6 stars.... NOT for a beautifully crafted metre perfect (see? I used the Queen's English for 'metre' rather than kowtow to the abomination that is the spelling of the septic tanks).... hang on where was I? Oh yeah.... NOT because your work is a piece of art full of perfectly selected words.... but because of the ONE word you left out.

The very fact you DID leave it out " made" this work. You KNOW it did.

I noticed another reviewer attempted to get you to put in a naughty word. Mate, it IS in there. He just didn't see it. They just don't get it. But this fellow Aussie with a fistful of stars did! Way to go dude!

Australian humor is just far too subtle for our red white and blue mates.

G'donya mate. Copulater!

Bill (WildWithWords)

 Comment Written 14-Sep-2018

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reply by the author on 14-Sep-2018

Thanks so much, Bill, for the wonderfully kind words, and the delightful rating. Some people don't appear to be able to grasp irony; I'm glad you're not among that number. I really appreciate your enthusiastic response to my little joke :) Hope to see more of you! Cheers, Craig

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written poem about the pressure of deadlines set, that seems we cannot think as usual and we have no idea on what to say, all we see is the deadline comes closer without any production.

 Comment Written 14-Sep-2018

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reply by the author on 14-Sep-2018

It's a horrible feeling. Thanks for the kind comments, Sandra. Cheers -- Craig

Comment from Lance Polin

Good

Solid work, if a little juvenile. Has an outside Seussian feel. And by the way, 'feeling more than slightly 'pissed' would correct the rhyme and give you a better way to offer some self-deprecation. Keep it up. Get better. Tackle themes beyond late night exhausted writer's block and calisthenics.

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 Comment Written 14-Sep-2018

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reply by the author on 14-Sep-2018

Priceless! Welcome to Fanstory! hahaha What are your other names here?

reply by Lance Polin on 14-Sep-2018

I should be asphlex2, but I think my real name somehow squeaked out.

Comment from Flyaway1

Excellent

You got more done than I did yesterday. Finding time to write can be frustrating. I just figured out that I like to write. Life gets in the way.
So good for you. It does not matter so much what you wrote except that you found time to relax your soul.

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 Comment Written 14-Sep-2018

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reply by the author on 14-Sep-2018

Thanks very much for the thoughtful comment, most appreciated. Craig