Happy Monday morning! It is raining here, which is
not a bad thing. A week ago we were in sweatshirts and jeans freezing our
bippies off and then we had a string of five days where the temperature was
over 90 degrees. Hopefully the rain will break the heat wave and we will have
some pleasant weather.
Because of the excessive heat, we still have not
finished building my garden. If the rain isn’t too bad later today, I’ll go and
rake up the ground under the beds to get whatever grass and weeds up and then I’ll
start tacking down the landscape fabric to keep the weed from growing back.
Hopefully one day this week my husband will be able to make a run to the co-op
for dirt to fill the beds. I will not bore you anymore with my garden saga, but
I will a post photo when the project is finally complete.
I went back through the blog to make the posts all
uniform – checking the font, the size, the alignment, etc., and I saw in my
second or third post that this blog was originally supposed to be a two week exercise.
Guess that idea fell to the wayside. I have found I really enjoy writing a
blog, I just wish more of you would post responses to the challenges. In time,
I’m sure it will come.
Yesterday’s challenge was:
Just five more minutes…
A
child at bedtime
Too
excited to sleep
One
more story please
Just
five more minutes
A
pleasant dream
Snuggled
in a warm bed
The
alarm sounds
Just
five more minutes
A
final exam
Scrambling
to finish
The
clock ticks down
Just
five more minutes
A
wedding day
Waiting
at the end of the line
The
music starts
Just
five more minutes
A
dinner party
Preparing
for the masses
Guest
are hungry
Just
five more minutes
A
hospital bed
Tears
flow freely
The
end draws near
Just
five more minutes
Why am I always surprised when a prompt/challenge
brings out a poem? Over the years I have done dozens of rhyming verses for
various things for the kids – class party activities, letters from the Easter
Bunny, party invitations, etc. – but I would never consider myself a poet.
My favorite teacher…
You have 10 minutes (be honest). There is no right
or wrong, just write. Spelling and punctuation don’t count and NO ONE is
allowed to criticize what someone else has written. Go.
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