What are you doing right this minute?
Can you write a jaunty little rhyme about it right now?
Here’s one I wrote last night in response to a text from a friend who was relaxing by the lake.
sitting in the kitchen
warming up a bag
aching back and bones
graceful aging hag
rowdy friends sit by the lake
no more late night howls
but sagging boobs and creaky knees and overhanging jowls
Now you try! Post it on your blog with “Poem on the spot” in the title and tag me (if you know how to do that). I’d love to see what fun this can be!
Namaste,
d
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Thanks for the prompt! I’ve just written a poem in response, posted it on my blog, and tagged your blog. I wasn’t doing anything jaunty, though! I was listening to an educational podcast about American history, the first in a series by Dr. Stacey Patton.
I know I commented on your blog post but came across your note here and wanted to say thanks again for playing!!!
d-
Love your honesty and really relating too. I was just about to look for the heating pad… 67 y.o. creaky back!
Summer Solstice and windows open/ time to open the closet and store my quilt./Time for a summer blanket./ With our Pride Rally this weekend/Feeling grateful for the big closet I walked out of at 27
Wonderful! Thanks for playing “poem on the spot!” & congratulations for being out! So brave.