The exercise:
Write a four line poem that could (or actually has) double(d) as a mantra.
The last market of the year was cold and wet and not particularly well attended, but that's all okay because it was, in fact, our last market of the year.
I only had to tell myself that about a hundred times this morning.
We're giving our local customers one last chance to order from us this Monday, and I've got a few things left that need doing in the garden. Other than that, this season is over and done with.
Mine:
I can't feel my fingers,
I think I lost a toe,
But I've got six months
For them to regrow.
Almost there Marc! You'll be able to stop working and hibernate soon :) Most baby things are done inside in the warm.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on a full year of markets and vegetable boxes! I imagine you'll spend some of Winter planning how to do them all better and bigger next year though.
Your mantra/poem made me laugh :)
So, this site proved useful when I was looking for mantras earlier, for this piece, and I may have used it again for inspiration for today's poem :)
Everyone's an individual
We both took a turkey and spices;
You cooked yours, and I had a crisis.
Yours was delicious and made everyone happy,
Mine made them cry, and in need of a nappy.
Marc and Greg - loved them both.
ReplyDeleteStep, step, step
Breath, breath, breath
Pant, pant, pant
Run, run, stop
Hi Marc,
ReplyDeleteI recently found your site. Thank you for the variety of prompts. I'm getting back into a regular writing routine!
Up before dawn,
bicycle in the rain or dry.
New ferry tales to be told;
will today’s commute make me cry?
Greg - yup, we're already brainstorming ideas on what we'd like to do differently next season :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha, I think my favorite from that site is 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine' :D
From the sounds of it, I think I'd prefer the other turkey!
Iron Bess - ooh, I think I'd find that 'stop' very satisfying whenever I reached it!
T. Davo - glad you found the blog and are finding it useful! And I hope you continue to share your writing with us :)
Ah yes, the biking commute. I have many memories of that as well, both sunny and rainy.