B - Broken Eggs
BROKEN EGGS
“Don’t put all
your eggs in one basket,” I’ve heard it said.
As with any
pursuit of man,
God listens,
laughs, and throws his wrench.
©2019 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved
Where Are the Friends?
dVerse MTB: Ubi Sunt and that Where, Oh Where? And our MTB prompt today is simply to use this Ubi Sunt motif in your poetry as such: title your poem with the question – where are the/they… use the questioning within your poem, even with repetition DO NOT ANSWER it though – the questioning is rhetorical employ concepts of mortality, the transience of life, a sense of nostalgia ubi sunt is a term meaning "where are they??" taken from the Latin phrase "ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt," or "where are those who were before us?" Where are the friends who promised forever? Who vowed a cradle to grave? Where are the sisters who pricked their thumbs? Who undying kinship gave? Have they forgotten those carefree days? Broken our childhood pact? Have they forgotten we were as one? Ignoring our solemn act? Where are the friends we used to know? Those we held so dear? Where are the ones on whose sides we stood? W...
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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