Patience is a virtue, the empress to us all
I yell to her, I seek her aid
But she ignores my call.
She jumps across a sage-lined fence
And into waters swell
My hope is that I catch her soon
And, then, my breath as well.
-CDW
Daily Prompt: Elicit
that was pretty good. but u didnt use the word elicit. you may be caught up in the wordplay to much. try writing less creatively. stick to the basic prompt, and then develop your own poem.
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Try writing less creatively? I don’t think anyone’s ever said that to me! 🙂 The narrator of the poem was trying to elicit a response. Sometimes, in life and in our writing, we must read between the lines.
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A nice poem.
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So glad you liked it!
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I like it 🙂
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Thank you!
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Carolyn – this poem elicits envy in me hahaha – so good! could not have said it better 🙂
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LOL! Good use of “elicit”, Daal! And thank you!
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patience is 0ne of my many achilles heels, unfortunately…
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Barvo. Patience is a tease, a temptress, a taunt and an ego wrecker. It is an ideal and a virtue that wea ll want to capture and master but reality ( patience’s kin) has a way of challenging our best resolve. Patience is a cheat and a disappointment.
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