Poem Study Notes:A very early poem in which the poet, newly embarked on an IT career, expressed concerns about the nature of his new peer group and about how the new environment would change him personally. Perhaps by expelling The Smug Professional in poetic form, the poet hoped to avoid a physical takeover. 20 years later and still working in IT, has the poet become The Smug Professional? Did he temporarily become The Smug Professional but then revert? Does the Smug Professional even exist? Don't tune into the next installment to find out because there won't be one ... In 1997ish the poet entered a poetry competition for the first time called the 'London Poem of the Month'. It was a very small competition and I don't think it runs anymore, but anyway this poem was the winner. Since then the poet has not entered any other poetry competitions for fear of ruining his 100% success rate. Do I detect signs of smugness? Perhaps we have something of The Smug Poet here ... |