Poem: I Meant To Do My Work Today

I meant to do my work today— | But a brown bird sang in the apple tree, | And a butterfly flitted across the field, | And all the leaves were calling me. || And the wind went sighing over the land, | Tossing the grasses to and fro, | And a rainbow held out its shining hand—| So what could I do but laugh and go? || Perhaps 'I meant to do my work today' by Richard Le Gallienne is about procrastination, or maybe it's about finding something more important than work to do?

Transcript

I meant to do my work today, But a brown bird sang in the apple tree, And a butterfly flitted across the field, And all the leaves were calling me. And the wind went sighing over the land, Tossing the grasses to and fro, And a rainbow held out its shining hand. So what could I do but laugh and go?

Reviews

I absolutely loved this poem. I have ADHD, and this poem somehow made me look at the symptoms of my illness with beauty instead of distain.