You will never reach your destination if you stop
Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le compliqué.
(The truth is too simple: one must always get there by a complicated route.)
― George Sand, Correspondence
(The truth is too simple: one must always get there by a complicated route.)
― George Sand, Correspondence
Midweek Motif ~ Distractions, or
Stops Along the Way
Today I invite poems about surprises in the best-laid plans--or detours you wish you had planned or prevented. Or the affect of days of rest and holiday on the main dish of life. Distraction? Rest? Or a Better Way?
Tell it, Poets!
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| Madeira, Lombada Velha, by Hansueli Krapf, via Wikimedia Commons |
Please:
1. Post your Distractions/stops poem on your site, and then link it here.
2. Share only original and new work written for this challenge.
3. Leave a comment here.
4. Honor our community by visiting and commenting on others' poems.
(Next Midweek Motif ~ What makes a day holy?)
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Fun prompt, Susan.
BalasPadamhttp://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2014/04/one-two-three-strikes-youre-out.html
Thanks for posting, Laurie.
PadamThat was interesting and brought me back to quite a few years ago.. So I tried to recreate my memory as a poem. Mmm, I could do with another holiday!
BalasPadamMy poem for this prompt
Wonderful capture! I hope you get another chance to wander soon. Thank you for posting.
PadamYour Mr Linky looks different today.........I've linked and look forward to reading everyone's offerings today. Happy Wednesday, kids! Dont these weeks fly FAST? Yoiks!
BalasPadamWay too fast, Sherry. Thanks for being here.
PadamDear Susan, thank you for this inspirational prompt. It stretched me and I needed two days' thinking time. Great to have advance notice of it. George Sand, she was right.
BalasPadamI agree about George Sand! Thank you for your amazing poem.
PadamSorry for the Mr. Linky problems. I re-enrolled and find it still funky! Also, it's embarrassing to say this, but I thought today was Tuesday. Talk about distractions. I'm coming around to read, and then I'm going off to think about slippage and to write a poem about distractions ...
BalasPadamI'm not sure this is what you has in mind.
BalasPadamThanks for the challenge.
Why, yes. And even better than what I had in mind. Thank you!
PadamGreat quotes and a great prompt requiring a book of written poems rther than just one.. LOL. Will have to give the grey matter a work out for this one...so many variations possible; Thank you for the challenge.
BalasPadamI would love to read the entire book! Thank you for posting.
PadamBedtime! See you tomorrow, poets.
BalasPadamI scribbled down something very quickly for this wonderful prompt, Susan. I just hope, I am not too late!
BalasPadamThank you.
Thank you for posting, Panchali. I keep my eye on the midweek motif open until Saturday.
Padamtruth of life as it happens every where, great prompt for creative expressions Thank you All at Poets United
BalasPadamFine writing! Link it above?
PadamSoooo. We're done here for this week. I hope to see your work in the pantry tomorrow. I hope to tame the mighty Mr. Linky to whom we owe so much. I'll be back next Wednesday, between the holy days of two great religions, to ask "what makes a day holy?"
BalasPadamHi Susan, I linked my poem over here....at your suggestion that it fit the prompt. I will make my way around visiting those who usually comment.
BalasPadam