More please?

Why must it always be more?

More of me

More of you

A push for more

Why do you want more?

More of the same

More for less

More to digest

When did the simple

Slip away for more

Make way for more

A traffic congestion of more

More time for waiting

Less time for doing more

More often I crave less

Strip it down to less

Do with less

Make more with less

More is an overcrowded room

Where I do not belong anymore

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. More please? reflects on the exhausting logic of excess — questioning a culture of endless accumulation and suggesting that clarity, freedom and meaning may instead be found in the quiet discipline of less.


This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.

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