Very good days

Made a bed

Wrote a note

Baked a cake

Sat in a nook

Read a book

Delivered a smile

Forgot the time

A thought became aligned

Worked only awhile

Stopped for a childhood

The present was engaging

Checked in with a lover 

Feasted with family

Serenity slipped into slumber

A self-determined day

Is a productive day

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Very good days considers the quiet architecture of an intentional life — suggesting that fulfilment is not found in relentless productivity, but in the gentle balance of care, presence, love and self-direction.


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

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