Hello, beautiful readers! I'm attempting to combine two prompts today. The first is from Wea've Written Weekly (W3) where Violet asks us to tell a story in verse - true or imagined. She encourages us to let the voice guide the poem while using a dialect. The second prompt is from Moonwashed Weekly Prompt. Eugi provides us the picture below with the following poem:
a simple flower
summons smiles
calming of the day
I've chosen to write a free-verse poem of an imagined moment. It is purely fictional. I did not have this kind of relationship with my grandmother, but it would have been nice to have. I've bolded and italicized the phrase I chose to use from the poem above.
(image by @tanrica on Pixabay)
Sage Advice
my abuela always knew
her inner radar recognized my angstshe'd quietly sit beside me
take my hand in hers
and stare toward the horizon with me
calma tus nervios
she'd say
ease your fears
el diablo no puede entrar
if you don't open the door
think of a simple flower
a sunflower
she cares not for the darkness
ignores it
gives it no power
she simply finds the sun
and absorbs its energy
be a sunflower
summon your smiles
for you cannot smile and frown
for you cannot smile and frown
at the same time
*calma tus nervios - calm your nerves
*el diablo no puede entrar - the devil cannot enter
Would you like to write a poem for these prompts? Click the links below:
Beautiful.
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DeleteGood advice to smile instead of frowning!
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DeleteYvette this is lovely!!
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DeleteI love the Spanish words enhace the meaning of your poem. I took Spanish in college (and high school) and always loved the language. I have no one to speak it with! Stunning work, Yvi. 💖
ReplyDeleteThank you, Colleen! Spanish is a beautiful language. I'm happy you learned a little bit of it. I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteYvette, this is truly stunning. You captured an imagined moment perfectly, and your use of dialect is charming. - Eugi
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DeleteLovely use of the two languages!
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DeleteAww just so lovely Yvette. Adore this short beauty you gifted me. Blessings. Selma.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Selma! I appreciate your kindness. :-)
DeleteMy grandparents didn't live close enough as I got older... One set retired to Florida, where my father almost moved us too... but my mother's parents missed her too much... so we headed back north.
ReplyDeleteWhile my own grands live close enough - they do not come to me for advice. I raised them when they were younger and had to have rules. So I didn't get to spoil them. And now they are old enough to want to be with their friends and other hobbies. But we still get along.
I didn't have much of a relationship with my grandparents. As an Army brat, we were always moving. My sister and I did our best to make sure our kids had a strong relationship with our parents. Our children love them, but there is definitely a generational disconnect. Thanks for sharing! :-)
DeleteSo lovely!
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DeleteGrandparent advice always seems to be told so well - lovely poem Yvette 💞Suzanne
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DeleteYour Abuelita was very wise- and I am so glad you let her speak to us in her mother tongue.
ReplyDeleteI wish my abuela would have been like this. Sadly, I did not have a close relationship with her. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem, Violet! Thanks for stopping by. :-)
DeleteA beautiful 🌻 and enchanting poem, Yvette 🌻
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DeleteYvette, “el diablo no puede entrar / if you don't open the door” feels especially powerful to me—those lines seem to hold generations of wisdom in such a gentle, steady voice. I really admire how your imagined abuela speaks with such rooted grace.
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Thank you, David! I'm happy you connected with those lines. My imagined abuela is pretty wise. ;-) Thanks for stopping by. :-)
Deletehi, Yvette 😍
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Much love,
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Thanks, David! I'll head over there. :-)
DeleteWise words. Keep the smile going!
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DeleteGreat advice expressed exquisitely, Yvette!
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Thank you, Lauren! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
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