I'd do that
but I've got poems
to write and
two small dogs
needing a walk by the time
laundry is folded
and meals made.
Excuse me, will you?
What calls me
I don't want
more than sleep to dream it all
works out in the end.
© 2011 Maureen E. Doallas
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I'm participating in the #Trust30 challenge, an online writing/reflection initiative for which a prompt is posted daily. All of the prompts to date are here.
This poem is my response to the 18th prompt from Michael Rad, co-founder of Holstee:
Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life, obey thy heart. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Write down your top three dreams. Now write down what's holding you back from them.
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Most of the prompts have taken as their focus the future or overcoming obstacles to living one's dream(s). I keep pulling myself back and into the present, where I can find inspiration enough.
All of my responses to prompts have been in the form of poems. This poem is written in Shadorma form, which requires six lines following a 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllabic pattern and may comprise more than one stanza.
Poems for prompts 16 and 17 are:
Looking Elsewhere
Pressing It
My poem for prompt 15, "Truth Be Told", and a list of my responses to prompts 1-14 are here.
i can relate! makes a lot of sense to me! :) honest poem :)
ReplyDeletei like how you bring it into the present where you find plenty of inspiration and it is enough. that is just plain beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI relate to this utterly, filtering the now through written lines. Living this day. It is good to be content, even when life is busy and crazy. I find the writing keeps me balanced, maybe you do too.
ReplyDeleteThis is really good. I love how you found the freedom to 'dream' present in the everyday things.
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