Today’s Assignment
Word prompt – Future
Form – Sonnet
Device – Chiasmus
Here’s a very rough draft of today’s assignment. I’ll work on it more and hopefully post the final version soon. Thanks for sharing this poetry writing journey with me. Even though I’ve been completely out of my comfort zone; I highly recommend this class. I’ve learned so much and plan to continue trying to write poetry.
Sonnet
Today’s Not the Day
Often you say today’s not the day for an adventure.
Truly, you believe there’s no need to hurry.
Maybe tomorrow or some time in the future,
So many days are ahead; you don’t worry!
When looking at the years behind you,
Those years meant to be just a short phase.
Can’t you see you’re living the future of those past days?
There’s no chance to alter tomorrow as you pass through
Unless you make a plan, take a risk, jump in the stream;
Tomorrow will become just a repeat of today.
Stretch out, reach out, find your dream,
Don’t wait until you sleep; start now or even sooner.
No longer will the future feel so far, so extreme.
Today is yesterday’s future. The future is today!
What takes you out of your comfort zone?
Rainy Day Reflections 
Wow. This course looks time consuming and these seniors give me little time. I am impressed. One thing I discovered from my haiku course is that haiku seems popular. I get lots of likes and responses even from non followers when I post haiku on my blog. Wondering why? Perhaps because they say a lot in a few words so people do not have to spend a lot of time reading them.
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I really enjoyed the class even thought it was a little challenging It introduced some literary devices that I wasn’t familiar with at all. It was just a two week class; so it felt almost possible 🙂 I’m hoping to find a beginner’s poetry group. I’d like to keep learning and writing poetry.
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Very nice. I would have to say my comfort zone stops at jumping out of planes or scuba diving.
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Thanks! Those would definitely be out of my comfort zone also. I guess sharing my attempts is what puts me out of my comfort zone with poetry. 🙂
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