Poets United Prompt # 47: Toes
Toes almost always
Take the lead
If there is something
That needs stumping
Toes will do it
Toes keep
The body grounded
As they dig deep
Into the soil
Toes are full of memories
Of barefoot childhood summers
Fresh mowed grass
Sandy beaches
Icy mountain streams
Tenderly toes
Tell the story
Of forgotten
Loves and holidays
All the places
We have been
All the footsteps
Left behind
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Drawing by Amy Cutler.
Theme Thrusday Prompt: Puzzle
Puzzle
The day
Morning, noon
And night time, too
Clocks tick
Like the continuous
Beating of the heart
Life is a puzzle
Finished picture imagined
This is my life
This is what it
Will look like
To fit the pieces
One to the next
The difficulty
Of squeezing an elephant
Through the eye of a needle
Sometimes the puzzle
Called life is hard
Sometimes not
9 comments:
I think we often make the puzzle much harder than it needs to be.
Elizabeth
Annell,
You have really captured the beauty and the importance of toes in life. A 'footmark' of life itself!
Best wishes, Eileen
Love the toes piece. I'm a barefoot person myself and am very grateful to my toes and how far they have taken me.
Elizabeth
I really like both! Nice!
I would have never thought that verses on toes could have such lyrical character; brilliant!
I especially love the toe piece , which brings back so many memories....footsteps left behind. Just lovely, Annell!
'spalins why elfalunks gots flat feets... yumpin outta trees! lol
Our toes are our antennae! We need those little guys, for sure.
You did your toes proud. I had a real problem coming up with something for that.
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