Tag: stress

• Left On Read 2x

  Kick the feeling fast Kick it hard and close the door No room for lust now

  G. Pearson

  September 10, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, creative nonfiction, drinking, haiku, Hiatus, lust, memories, Poetry, romance, short story, stress, temptation, Writing

• Team Building!

  Drinks. Not with friends though. More so with strangers now so… I’ll drink whatever

  G. Pearson

  September 3, 2022

  Writing

  art, daily haiku, escapism, faith, gpoy, haiku, inspiration, life lessons, life of a writer, loneliness, mood, pandemic, Poetry, romance, self-care, self-help, short story, stress

• 9 to 5

  Back in the true trap The panopticon kills slow “Karen brought bagels!”

  G. Pearson

  September 2, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, company man, creative nonfiction, cubicle, Daily Poetry, daily writing, destress, escapism, faith, haiku, hell, life and death, life lessons, life of a writer, Micro Poetry, mood, office, pandemic, panopticon, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, return to work, short story, social distance, stress, voyeurism, Writing

• Father Playbook

  My daughter, your daughter too. They’ll cry. No matter why, breathe. Listen. Solve when asked.

  G. Pearson

  August 28, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, art, child rearing, childhood, Christian writing, daily haiku, Daily Poetry, daily writing, daughters, emotional, faith, fathers, fathers and daughters, haiku, inspiration, life lessons, male perspective, male POV, Micro Poetry, nature, parenting, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, problem solving, questions, stress, Writing

• If I Wanted To, I Would Have: Chapter 1

  Chapter 1: My Ex is Voldemort “Daisy never expected me to change.” Maybe I said Daisy’s name like a curse word or like ‘Voldemort’, but I knew it riled her up and I needed to hear her make a fuss about me one more time. It was starting to feel like she really didn’t want […]

  G. Pearson

  August 27, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, Arizona, Breakups, cause and effect, creative nonfiction, daily writing, Daisy, depression, distance, drinking, emotional, escapism, exes, forgiveness, grudges, Harry Potter, Hiatus, life lessons, life of a writer, loneliness, long distance, love letter, male perspective, male POV, manipulation, monsoon, mood, pandemic, questions, rainy days, relationship issues, relationships, romance, self-care, self-help, short story, silence, social distance, story, stress, temptation, Voldemort, Writing

• Server Life

  Your check bounced Monday Taco Tuesday stay at home Friday start over

  G. Pearson

  August 20, 2022

  Writing

  cash, check to check, creative nonfiction, Daily Poetry, daily writing, food industry, food service, frugality, haiku, hard times, inflation, life lessons, life of a writer, Micro Poetry, penny pinching, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, restaurant business, restaurants, servers, service industry, stress, taco tuesday, Writing

• Staying In My Lane Next Time

  ‘Explain these texts now!’ ‘Keep a smile on his face then!’ Then she slapped me hard

  G. Pearson

  August 12, 2022

  Writing

  adultury, anxiety, cause and effect, cheating, Daily Poetry, daily writing, drinking, emotional, haiku, infidelity, it wasn’t me, Micro Poetry, other woman, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, punishment, questions, romance, rumors, secret love, self-care, shaggy, slap, stress, temptation, texts, Writing

• Farther Away

  Late nights in Europe From my bedroom I smell rain And hash on counters

  G. Pearson

  August 11, 2022

  Writing

  Amsterdam, anxiety, brittney griner, Daily Poetry, daily writing, emotional, escapism, Europe, haiku, hash, hasheesh, Hiatus, holiday, inspiration, lebron, lebron James, legalized, life of a writer, loneliness, medication, Micro Poetry, mood, pandemic, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, rain, self-help, smoke, stress, vacation, Writing

• Our Dirty Laundry

  Water greys, obscured Purpley blue fog drifts by Our dirty laundry

  G. Pearson

  August 10, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, business, cause and effect, clean, Daily Poetry, daily writing, dirty laundry, haiku, Hiatus, laundry, metaphor, Micro Poetry, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, secrets, social distance, stress, Writing

• Night Watch

  Stars turn out their light Feeling too guilty to blink Must secure perim…

  G. Pearson

  August 7, 2022

  Writing

  active duty, army, Daily Poetry, daily writing, duty, exhaustion, haiku, Micro Poetry, military, nature writing, navy, night watch, poem, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, reserves, sleeping, sloth, social distance, specialist, stress, tired, veterans, Writing