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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Life


Photo by L. Kolp



Plank by rickety plank
Hope treads ahead,
a tightrope walker

feet steady
keenly aware 
one slight misstep
 
might break her, 
yet with faith enough 
to try.


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Prompt Inspiration: Poetry Jam~ Bridges









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25 comments:

  1. Brian MillerJune 17, 2014 at 10:09 PM

    what else can you do...stand there and it still might collapse...go back, well its probably just as far as it is forward....smiles.

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  2. Sumana RoyJune 17, 2014 at 11:08 PM

    I sometimes feel like that tight rope walker praying to avoid a Humpty-Dumpty fate...great lines Laurie :)

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  3. Sherry Blue SkyJune 18, 2014 at 12:38 AM

    "Hope treads ahead.....keenly aware...yet with faith enough to try." That says it all, Laurie. Engraved on our hearts.

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  4. GabriellaJune 18, 2014 at 1:54 AM

    We all experience these tight rope moments but they are surely 'easier' when hope treads ahead.

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  5. AnonymousJune 18, 2014 at 3:36 AM

    "yet with faith enough to try" is the punch line for strong spirit. Keep it up!

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  6. brudbergJune 18, 2014 at 3:41 AM

    a tightrope walker.. that thought of a bridge.. only way is forward.. very much like life itself

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  7. brudbergJune 18, 2014 at 3:42 AM

    a tightrope walker.. that thought of a bridge.. only way is forward.. very much like life itself

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  8. alan1704June 18, 2014 at 4:00 AM

    Plank by rickety plank - excellent opening line. it just opens up the poem and makes your words sing. Well done.

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  9. alan1704June 18, 2014 at 4:00 AM

    Plank by rickety plank - excellent opening line. it just opens up the poem and makes your words sing. Well done.

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  10. kaykualaJune 18, 2014 at 4:51 AM

    The confidence is always there. It does not work otherwise! Nicely Laurie!

    Hank

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  11. UnknownJune 18, 2014 at 5:20 AM

    Hope so timidly moving ahead!! always on the verge of collapse and yet trying its best... Hope we all live by!! smiling!!

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  12. MaryJune 18, 2014 at 6:11 AM

    Indeed a person has to have enough faith to keep walking one step at a time, whether on a tight rope or on the path called 'life.'

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  13. Donna SmithJune 18, 2014 at 10:43 AM

    Hope and faith...and keep going and trying...Well said.

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  14. Gillena CoxJune 18, 2014 at 11:57 AM

    yeah; just keep on journeying, sometimes thoughts become so powerful like they are themselves creators

    Happy you visited my blog

    much love...

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  15. HelenJune 18, 2014 at 6:07 PM

    You must know how this resonates with me ... great poem!!!

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  16. PeggyJune 18, 2014 at 6:16 PM

    Wonderful--moving forward whatever bridge you are on. Great prompt.

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  17. SaravJune 18, 2014 at 7:01 PM

    Laurie, love the "hope treads" both walking and treads to walk upon :-) Very clever. This was a great prompt!

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  18. AnonymousJune 19, 2014 at 12:40 AM

    I really like your poem, Laurie--and you have a lovely blog. I so enjoyed participating in this Poetry Jam prompt--hope I did it justice for you. God bless!

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  19. Arathi HariharJune 19, 2014 at 1:11 AM

    Faith is the one thing which keeps one going..what else can one do..)

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  20. Wendy BourkeJune 19, 2014 at 10:33 PM

    Insightful and beautifully sketched “take” on hope. We can't live without it - though, sometimes it seems, it's hard to live with it. Smiles.

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  21. AnonymousJune 20, 2014 at 5:02 PM

    Like the swinging bridges in my childhood: don't look down! keep moving!


    Great poem. :)

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  22. AnonymousJune 21, 2014 at 8:53 AM

    lovely in its simplicity ... I like the rhythm of the poem - and positive attitude!

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  23. UnknownJune 22, 2014 at 3:42 PM

    Great poem and thoughts about life...one must move forward when faced with challenges...waiting makes the fear increase...moving forward is open to so many possibilities.

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  24. mrs-minervaJune 23, 2014 at 3:12 AM

    Lovely way to put down in words what life is about - it's sometimes hard to try, but still we have to. Wonderful!

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  25. artbyraeJune 24, 2014 at 11:36 PM

    a tightrope walker
    I think we all feel like that so many times in life

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