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Walden Pond
A poem a day (Day 1)
I’ve just about had it with
all this nonsense about
Living deliberately!
Well, not all of us have Walden Pond
in our back pocket.
But we carry copies of Walden
in our back pocket,
right next to our last fiver.
Lo and behold, another daily writing challenge doomed to fail.
But let’s be optimistic for a change, let’s actually take what our writing teacher say to heart. Sure, last year I managed to keep a dream journal for a good two weeks, writing down anything I could think about the very minute I wok up. Did it make me a better writer? Well, I’ll let my readers be the judge of that.
But the problem is that it ended. Life came first, and writing (as much as it is my first love) had to surrender the first minute of the day to other tasks, like enjoying those crucial moments between hitting snooze and a second, ruder awakening.
Maybe this time I’ll stick with it. I have a notes app full of snippets and that burning desire to stick with it — anything. So, let’s see how long it sticks.
I’ll be posting a short poem or drabble every day, with a little note at the end about what inspired it…
