WFSC Creative Writing Facilitators Mike Deregowski and Kelsey Hoople challenge you to participate in national poetry month. 1 poem per day for 30 days with no working ahead. 😉
Overall theme 'The Great Escape'.
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Day 21 | April 21st | A Hop, Skip, and A Jump Away
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21. A Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away
One, two – the order of my day
A Hop, skip, and a jump away.
Three, four – don’t go out the door.
Five, six – so much from which to pick.
Seven, eight – I am no longer late.
Nine, ten – Do it all over again!
One, two – the end of my day,
Sleep a hop, skip, and a jump away.
(c) Linda J. Pedley 04/24/2020
A Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away
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Didn’t the stories always say that the grass
Was greener on the other side, anyway?
Where the turf was soft, as if just awoken from that sleepy pass,
To the morning dew of a new, sunlit day.
It was always something just over the fence
Of that white picket farm house,
Beyond the mooing cows and cluck of hens;
Amidst the thrushes and undergrowth, the fantasy world of the mouse.
How to get there was the question of the day;
Past the wooded hollows and bogs gone sour,
Were we to envision such a foray
Into woods dark and dour?
You’ll find your way, they always say, past the dire
And paths…
A Hop, Skip, and a Jump Away
My days are numbered
My life in high school is coming to an end
No more will I be encumbered
By the rules and social hierarchy I had to fend
Commencement approaches
No more tests; no more laps
Goodbye to teachers; goodbye to coaches
Ready to don my gown and cap
I can see it now
Walking across the stage
Proud parents as I take my bow
Diploma given, too many emotions to gauge
Secured a date for dance
A beautiful girl, I never thought I would
Look forward to getting my chance
The evening should be good
The night draws near
Been waiting for this day
Everything I wished for all year