Love that last line...so true. I have stopped using the words "my plan is"; it just doesn't mean anything. AtoZ Challenge https://mainelywrite.blogspot.com
My mother used to say, "Never say never." And then an example of having said she'd never live in a certain city, yet was when her first child was born! For me, when reading about someone who eats squirrel (nothing against you if you do!), I say, "I hope I never have to." Because, you never know, right?!
What a great theme idea! Happy A-Z! So true, I've also heard it said: "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." - Robert Burns (Dragons & Spaceships)
Writers' Pantry #52 https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/01/writers-pantry-52-years-beginning.html I've been playing with some new, to me, poetry forms. April is the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, and my plans are A-Z of poetry forms. I like to get a head start, especially since I also participate on my other blog. This is a Golden Shovel. It was created by Terrance Hayes, an award-winning poet and professor in New York. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/terrance-hayes The "rules" are: take lines, or one line, from an existing poem take each word and use it, in order, as an end word in your new poem give credit My poem uses the words from the last line of Edna St. Vincent Millay's Time Does Not Bring Relief (Sonnet II), "and so stand stricken so remembering him." I had told him “yes” already, and it’s too late to change that now, so I let my words stand though I am stricken at the thought. I am so cr
Weekly Scribblings #45: https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2020/11/weekly-scribblings-45-artistic.html A picture prompt this week, prose or poetry inspired by one or more of three paintings. I chose two, 'Beautiful, YOU are' by Magic Love Crow, and 'Carnival Dreams' by Shelle Kennedy. 'Carnival Dreams' by Shelle Kennedy Beautiful, you are, though your thoughts are dark, and bitter. A macabre carnival of emotion battles in you. The heart you wear belies the fury of the one that beats. Your face tells. Tells of suffering, loneliness, too much despair in one so young. One still hoping. Yet not daring to hope. Hope! The red balloon you cling to. Hope! Straining skyward. 'Beautiful, YOU are' by Magic Love Crow Look outside the gates. Outside your grim carnival and watch the crows at sunset fly in
Love that last line...so true. I have stopped using the words "my plan is"; it just doesn't mean anything.
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My mother used to say, "Never say never." And then an example of having said she'd never live in a certain city, yet was when her first child was born! For me, when reading about someone who eats squirrel (nothing against you if you do!), I say, "I hope I never have to." Because, you never know, right?!
DeleteI love the picture, the poem and this FONT is to die for!
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Thanks so much! For some reason the font is called "Mountains of Christmas."
DeleteI'm enjoying this! I'll be anxious to see a new one every day.
ReplyDeleteOoo... not the pressure's on! Thanks for reading.
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ReplyDeleteThe Multicolored Diary
Yes, as the post below makes clear, the "best laid plans..." I guess we all need a plan B and C, maybe more.
DeleteWhat a great theme idea! Happy A-Z! So true, I've also heard it said: "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." - Robert Burns (Dragons & Spaceships)
ReplyDeleteIt's true. Plans often fail to come to fruition. I don't believe a heavenly wrench is thrown in their works, but sometimes it feels like it!
Delete"Man plans, God laughs," right?
ReplyDeleteJohn @ The Sound Of One Hand Typing
So it would seem! Personally, I put it down to just stuff happens!
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