Hello, beautiful readers! I hope you've had a great first full week of 2026. My son returned to his university today. While I'm sad to see him go, I'm grateful for the time we were able to spend together. I am so proud of the young man he's becoming.
For today, I'm combining three prompts. My weekdays are very busy, especially since I'm trying to go to bed early to make sure I am well rested. I still want to participate in as many prompts as I can, and these three seem to mesh well.
The first is from #TankaTuesday, where Willow invites us to write a Puente poem about new beginnings. A Puente poem has three stanzas. The first and third stanzas are separate thoughts. The second stanza contains a quote.
The second challenge comes from Reena's Xploration Challenge #412. Reena shares lines from two poems. In the poem by J.R.R. Tolkein, I found my quote.
The last challenge is Sadje's What Do You See? prompt where she shares the adorable picture below.
(image credit; Eirik Olsen @Unsplash)
Midlife Crisis
an adult life rut
hamster wheel goes round and round
mud becomes quicksand
"Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate" ~ J.R.R. Tolkein
find your inner child
many adventures await
for those who wander
Would you like to write a poem for one of these prompts? Click the links below:
Yvette, you’ve combined all the three challenges seamlessly. Beautifully written my friend. Thanks for joining in
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Thank you, Sadje! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteWow! You did an excellent job on the mash-up.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Reena! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteBrilliant Yvette, you captured each of the challenges perfectly in one lovely poem..♥
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sally! I appreciate you visiting. :-)
DeleteBeautiful poem, Yuvette.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Indira! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteA lovely puente poem, Evette. Fantastic doing three prompts in one go. 👏❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lesley! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteA busy person needs sleep. Clever combination poeming. Take care... Rall
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