I is for IMAGINE #AtoZChallenge Poetry

April #AtoZChallenge and #PoetryMonth

 

Three goals I had in mind while writing my collection of linked poetry:

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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I is for Imagine and Iris

 

 

IMAGINE

Imagine

sinking

into steaming water.

So relaxed you cannot move. 

Egrets

turn the air white

with swirling feathers.

Ever moving, while you remain still. 

Fearful

of sprouting roots,

you ask forgiveness.

And vow to stop the madness.* 

*Within this context, the madness represents society’s expectation that one must always be actively productive (or could it be your expectation of yourself?)