tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post5250925623738404362..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Wednesday April 5th, 2017Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-8679215278193696182017-05-06T20:16:29.105-07:002017-05-06T20:16:29.105-07:00Greg - yes, well, I suppose the focaccia are loave...Greg - yes, well, I suppose the focaccia are loaves as well. They're displayed in the same case as the croissants and cinnamon buns though, so I tended to think of them differently that the other loaves.<br /><br />Thanks again for the kind words on mine :)<br /><br />Oof, this one hits me hard. The emotion here is captured and conveyed with great delicacy. I am impressed.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-41508625280452038352017-04-07T23:21:51.853-07:002017-04-07T23:21:51.853-07:00Do you not count the focaccia as loaves then? For...Do you not count the focaccia as loaves then? For me they're bread, so they're loaves even though they're often a lot flatter than a tin-loaf. Still, it sounds like a good day at the bakery if all the sweet stuff got sold!<br />I like the fact that there's life in your old dog yet, and that new tricks aren't perhaps that hard to learn! The two short, one-word lines are very effective too, in conveying a certain amount of weariness and an abrupt stop; contrasting that with the lighter, longer sentences that come really bring your dog to life.<br /><br /><b>The old dog</b><br />Sore paws from walking<br />For a lifetime<br />In his master's footsteps<br /><br />Grey hairs from a lifetime<br />Of experience. Four sets of footsteps<br />Wear away paths made for walking.<br /><br />Blind now, his nose follows footsteps<br />His ankles tremble but he keeps walking<br />As he has done for a lifetime<br /><br />Walking takes a lifetime in these footsteps.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com