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# Time's Up
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/times-up/
- Published: 2026-05-12T08:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-12T08:22:00.000Z
- Description: “Time's Up,” a short accounting of creativity under pressure, written Tuesday, May 12, poem 132 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. "Pants on the Line," Photo by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Poems, Ambient Temp, Creativity, Cruel, Ibuprofen, May, Migraine, Penning, Performance, Poetry, Reminder, Scant, Spring, Stress, Time-Crunch, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

I find so little time for me  
I’d set aside a scant hour   
from five to six, that's it,  
for penning poetry.  
  
Yet here I am   
one ibuprofen and,   
a bottle of ambient-temp water in,  
and still:  
this migraine lingers   
on my front temple.  
  
A cruel reminder   
that I can’t bet on   
high performance   
cast under a time   
— and head —   
*crunch*.