Hello, beautiful readers! I'm blending poetry challenges again. The first challenge comes from Moonwashed Musings, where Eugi inspires us to use a word or phrase from the following:
simplicity
in an uneasy world
praise unforgotten calm
The second challenge comes from De Jackson over at dVerse. The challenge is called Quadrille #215: Ready for Liftoff, and we are asked to write a quadrille with a variation of the word lift in our poem. A quadrille is a poem with 44 words and is focused on a word.
The final prompt comes from Sadje's What Do You See? prompt. She provided the image below and challenged us to write a poem about it.
As time is always limited for me, I found a way to blend the three together into one poem.
oftentimes, I seek solace
a place of reflection
always in nature
where life continues just because
away from manmade contraptions
I ground myself
giving Mother Earth what no longer serves me
finding my simplicity in an uneasy world
lifting my spirits to begin anew
Would you like to write to one of these prompts? Click the links below.
Oh this is so beautifully and elegantly done Yvette. I love the simplicity of this poem. Thanks for joining in. Sadje
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sadje! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. :-)
DeleteWell done with the prompt mashup! I feel like this is a good mantra for life: "finding my simplicity in an uneasy world"
ReplyDeleteI agree! That is one of the lines that Eugi gave us, and I fell in love with it. Thanks for visiting! :-)
DeleteYvi, well done on getting all the prompts to work together! I love this line: "finding my simplicity in an uneasy world..." this is so perfect for our current affairs.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Colleen! Eugi chose well when she picked that phrase. It's beautiful and very fitting for today! Thanks for stopping by. :-)
DeleteYvette, this is stunning and perfect for our world of today. Beautiful blending of prompts. Eugi
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eugi! Your challenge inspired me. I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteYvette, This is lovely. Change comes harder to older folks... I'm not that old, perhaps, but old enough to not like change. It appears WP reenstated what they took away. But I think I'll still keep my options available.
ReplyDeleteI'm still a bit perplexed on how the 'dashboard' works at Blogger... but, well, maybe I'll figure it out. I do like things simple. Even when I complicate things myself ;)
I'm still learning how to embrace change, Jules! I can be quite stubborn sometimes. ;-) Are you creating a Blogger account?
DeleteI already had one... that wasn't used for a long time, but it is back up now. I may post their once a week...
Deletehttps://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/
Wonderfully done Yvette - great quadrille that is perfect for all prompts 💞
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzanne! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
DeleteThat's quite a challenge, Yvette, and you rose to meet it with ease. Your poem is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words, Diana! I'm happy you enjoyed it. :-)
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