The First Slipped By
For Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Mikeydred January Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators and Heather Hubler's endings & beginnings prompts and challenges.
The month of looking back and forward
what's gone before, shadows, inflects
what's still to come, on yonder
can't unpick the past's thread
only stitch ahead
lesson's learned
goals set from
1st...wait its
past
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Author's Notes: This is for both, Mike Singleton's Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Mikeydred January Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators and Heather Hubler's endings & beginnings . You can find out more about these challenges below:
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Comments (10)
“only stitch ahead”. 🙂
Great nonet, Paul! Like Dharrsheena, I'm impressed by the undertaking of two challenges with one 45 syllable poem! Very well done!
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Way to combine both challenge into one! So Paulitical! 🍩🥐
Reminds me of the stoic phrase, "You face the future with the weapons that You've prepared today." That means Your mind, Your body, heck even the physical stuff You have will help You to conquer the waves of the future as they wash past You.
Once again you manage to write something so clever while making it appear simple
Great gratitude poem for the challenges!!! Love it!!!❤️❤️💕
Thanks for this Paul
You're such a wordsmith. This is awesome!
Smart crafting of both challenges!