Daily Grind Quotes

“When we decide to settle down outside the groove of our daily grind, we have room to discover the world of others who can revive our hidden desires and relaunch us into new adventures. ("Absence of Desire")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“The Daily Grind by Stewart Stafford

Crooked broker flashes teeth,
Cannibal flesh on their napkin,
The traffic jam zombie shuffle,
Stars, take me home quickly.

Follow the screaming off a cliff,
Panic echoes as the land recoils,
Sea spray whipping up at you fast,
Splash down into drowning lessons.

See a shark fin’s scything slash,
Fangs picked clean with a toothpick,
Dark eyes wander to exposed midriff,
Chomp, and all the problems cease.

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Life is high maintenance”
― Clifford Cohen

“At such times a young couple found it difficult to believe that in a few hours the whistle would call them, two slaves amongst a multitude of slaves, when they felt that each other was the most important person in the world! They walked on air, and saw the stars shine , and even poverty could not numb their hearts, but let them stray for a short time in that fairy garden whose gate opens but once , and , once closing, nevermore! Miss Nobody- Ethel Carnie”
― Ethel Carnie Holdsworth

“Suburban Strain
by Stewart Stafford

Hedgecutters are out in force,
Only doing it to avoid divorce,
Futile pleas that it can be enough,
Rush out and buy more stuff.

Bake out in the sun to peel and fry,
Turn lobster red as tiny drones spy,
Stiffly inside to scream and moan,
A walking barbecue with an overdue loan.

The blaring alarm clock cracks the whip;
Shower, coffee, then a doom-scrolled trip!
Women apply warpaint on bus and train,
Call out sick — the malingerer’s strain.

A Master’s in studying ceiling grain,
A stolen soupçon to rest the brain.

© 2026, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford