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.