Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Distractions, or Stops Along the Way

Not all those who wander are lost.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

You will never reach your destination if you stop

and throw stones at every dog that barks.
―Winston Churchill

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

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!

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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