Business poetry
Dec 05, 2008
Boy, did time get away from me. On a positive note, I attended a presentation by John Adams of The Martin Agency this week. He spoke on the ‘Language of Business,’ and blasted the anesthetizing effect of the words that flow during the business day. One point he demonstrated was the dearth of poetry about business that exists in the literary world today. He pointed to one bright spot, Love and Profit by James Autry. Mr. Adams’s presentation inspired me to take a stab at this, too. So, I wrote the poem that follows during an inspired Friday night moment.
Success
Success.
He walked in and surveyed.
The room was bright,
brighter than it had been
when electricians and drywall hangers,
foremen and painters
convened their meetings
to produce this multi-dimensional canvas.
Workspace to make work
passion.
Was this success?
It sat deep in his journal
of personal goals and personages.
A brighter time for him
there was not before
and had not been since.
This build-out was his
monument to the work that came before.
Building from an idea.
Success is the product of experiment.
An experiment his idea –
that care and compassion
through growth and contraction
could walk hand-in-hand
with profits and satisfaction.
He stepped out to grow and daring
to take a risk.
In that there was no question.
Success.

