April #AtoZChallenge and #PoetryMonth
1. To celebrate my appreciation of life
2. To experience the process of writing linked poetry, a form of Japanese renshi
3. To give thanks for and better appreciate a life well-lived.
The flowers are a colorful bonus for the #AtoZChallenge
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X is for eXpress and Xyris Difformis
eXPRESS THE LONGINGS
Is youth anymore memorable than current times? For myself, I prefer to continue making memories rather than sitting back and reveling in the playful days gone by. Every once in a while, though, it is fun to reminisce.
Paris
in the ‘70’s inspired
you
to express
the
longings deep within
To
hear the music that your soul played
Whenever
spirits craved
Encouragement
Euphoria
filled the air as you
Strolled
the boulevards
and
Champs Élysée,
Searching
Diamonds
were not treasures worth
your
heart strings, in a place
where
wine
and
chocolate
Co-exist
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Hi Gail - we have our own history - we will always remember, others will remind us of other times ... but I too prefer to be thinking forward ... positively moving on ... oh and it was good to see the Xyris ... cheers Hilary
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Yellow flowers have a special place in my heart and only very recently did I realize/remember why. Some memories do bury themselves deeply.
DeleteThey are well and deeply-buried by now. I don't care much about diamonds or chocolate or wine. Excellent poem.
ReplyDeleteI've always done without the diamonds, Jacqui, and the wine is now easily left behind. But the chocolate is very current.
DeleteWhat a lovely theme you've been pursuing for this challenge. I don't think youth is more memorable than current times, but I do feel the threads connecting who I am now to pieces of the long ago. I'm not actually sure how helpful it is to use up current life bandwidth with replays from the past, but as you said it can be fun (and sometimes quite useful) to reminisce and reflect.
ReplyDeleteeXcellent poem and lovely flower.
Thank you for visiting, Deborah. I like your phrase about using up current life bandwidth with replays from the past, a gentle way of suggesting we live in the present. eXcellent advice.
DeleteI think I'm a forward-thinking kind of person. But I can be inclined to moments of nostalgia, though not for very long.
ReplyDeleteChocolates? I have a savory tooth not a sweet tooth; though I do enjoy the occasional chocolate, as long as it has nuts inside, I'm happy.
Writer In Transit
Ah, Michelle, you would OD on the reasonably-priced boxes of chocolate covered macadamia nuts here!
DeleteSounds delicious....cashew/brazil/macadamia/pecan...love all types of nuts!
DeleteI agree, I most definitely want to forge ahead... creating new memories and discovering new cultures. However, I do enjoy photographing my journeys so that I can sit down occasionally and reminisce.
ReplyDeleteI agree Molly, it is nice to have pleasant memories to return to occasionally; not living in the past, but enjoying the glow of past experiences.
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