Have you ever seen the website called Listomania.com ? It's handy for some and fun..a list for everything! I wrote a villanelle, not sure why, for Tony's prompt at dversepoets.com today, which is to write a poem about lists, list making. There are many, many kinds of lists. I guess this is a partial list of what to be grateful for.
Writing daily greatly eases one's soul
to list each day how our hearts are gladdened
For all the bounty, how empty our bowl
Write lists to prioritize, self control
exorcise from within what has saddened
Writing daily is easing for the soul
Words to express just how the bell did toll
written to tell the world how impassioned
For all the bounty, how empty our bowl
puts into perspective what has happened
Writing daily is easing for one's soul
More than errands to run, gains to extol
writing keeps one from becoming maddened
Lists help to remember what makes you whole
Preferred lists help one fall out of a hole,
describe how it felt to be abandoned
Writing daily is easing for one's soul
For all the bounty, how empty our bowl
i am all for writing daily...lists though are my wife's thing...lol...
ReplyDeleteit is nice to look back and see what you accomplished though in a day...
like how you used emptying our bowl....
I think you should plan to blog until at LEAST 104. I think it keeps a person's mind alert, and we all know how important that is. I do like the idea of writing something daily....either for enjoyment or to make lists to plan with. Writing helps the mind to continue to be alert and refreshed, I think.
ReplyDeleteYes writing everyday is a must ~ And making a list to keep things running smoothly ~ And I admire the villanelle structure very much ~
ReplyDeleteHow true.. That daily writing is an exercise worth doing, an exercise to do...
ReplyDeleteAnd filling the bowl is exactly what we need.. That line about him leaving sticks out in contrast here.. Great work.
DeleteVery true lines.
ReplyDeleteOh Kathy, that couplet is sublime - and so true. I've never yet managed to discipline myself to write every day; it's something I'll have to try again.
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i have to admit that i don't write daily - but i know it helps a lot - i should - the vilanelle works well with the list theme - wouldn't have thought of it - really cool
ReplyDeleteI was struck by the line about being abandoned. Made me think of how much I journaled when my daughter was a teen, getting ready to leave me to explore her life. I wrote daily then. Now, almost daily and yes, it helps everything.
ReplyDelete"For all the bounty, how empty our bowl" gem of a line...
ReplyDeleteHow witty to write a list of lists. Love the line "Writing daily is easing for one's soul " - feel the same. Not always ready to publish, post, but I keep writing dayly...~ Thanks
ReplyDeleteAh there are so many lists that I wish to make - and they never happen. I wish I could write daily too....that never happens.
ReplyDeleteThe villanelle seems to suit the subject beautifully! :)
ReplyDelete"exorcise from within what has saddened"
ReplyDeleteI love that line. That is a big reason why I wrote as well.
prioritize and control....hmmm...is someone a control freak in your life?
ReplyDeletehurricane and jordan
..there was at one time...I changed the line for the better I think ..thanks..
DeleteI love the fifth stanza, & yes, you flat rocked the prompt & did it in a form corset while rhyming; quite the accomplishment. Most of my lists are check list on how to remember computer techniques or new expansion of my rigid Luddite-like mind. Wow, in 1954, when I was ten, what I could have done with the internet & an iMac.
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