Suddendeath poetry challenge, Walk!
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
Centralia, Missouri
January 14, 2017 8:39am CST
Welcome to this weekend’s Suddendeath poetry challenge, Walk! Anyways, rules are as follows, write a poem in any style using the five words that I give you. Write it in one sitting or in under an hour (only to quash your inner editor, rules are loose there). Add it here, OR link in a comment so we can enjoy each other’s' poems. The words can be in any plurality or tense. Today’s words are: walk, stroll, amble, stride, wander
My entry is always, below:
Do you wander as you walk, across the land so fair?
Or do you stride boldly on, to your destination somewhere?
A stroll can find you all sorts of things, as you amble on.
Having no destination sometimes, allows you to be drawn,
to sights unseen and beauty there is, around you every day,
so sometimes I urge you to go off path, and let your feet to stray.
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11 responses
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
14 Jan 17
I stroll to the computer to have some fun,
I only come here when work is done.
I try to make my posts easy like a walk in the park,
I close up shop when it gets dark.
I never wander or amble along,
My sense of direction is very strong.
If you don't like what I say that's OK with me,
I'll take it in stride and happy I'll be.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 Jan 17
Well written! Lovely use of the words, and very you. hehehe
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
14 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt If nothing else I"m always me.!!!!
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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14 Jan 17
Whenever my business is on a roll;
I rise from my desk and take a stroll.
When I have a lot going on in my mind;
I amble around hoping to unwind.
whenever I cannot think of something to write;
I take a walk in the cool of the night.
When distractions make my thoughts wander;
I put aside what I am doing, in case I make a blunder.
I can always tell by your purposeful stride;
That indeed there is nothing you are trying to hide .
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
14 Jan 17
By the sea on a moonlit night I wander
And I walk with my gaze fixed above
For this is a stroll I regularly enjoy
Taking each stride deep into the wet sand -
So do I amble and ramble about transfixed
To the brightly lit heavens up above the night sky,
And the sea beside me merrily rolling on.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 Jan 17
oh now I want to walk on a warm summer beach too! Lovely use of the words
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
15 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt
Hope someday
We get together
To walk on a summer beach.
Since you enjoyed
My ambling with words
And my talent,
With thoughts that wander,
They take an even bigger stride
So let us, one fine day,
Go for a stroll together
On a warm summer beach.
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jan 17
Nicely done. Let's see what I can come up with.
With you by my side,
I love to walk and talk.
Then sit in the park,
until dark,
so that you and I can stroll,
beneath the moon so bright.
We never amble or stride,
we wander together,
hand in hand,
in the wonderland,
made by our love.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 Jan 17
awe, how sweet! Lovely use of the words
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@sallypup (57888)
• Centralia, Washington
14 Jan 17
Snow's hand prints prevent me from a poet's amble
russet winged finches filch autumn's seeds from tumbled sunflower heads
my eye angles to the horizon, wandering
seeking color but Old Man Winter has strolled here first,
walking in extra large gumboots,
knees and elbows firmly tucked into down
I am loath to stride into his jokester's grasp.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 Jan 17
sounds cold! well done, love the visuals there
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@sallypup (57888)
• Centralia, Washington
14 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt Thanks. I needed your knock on the door today.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Jan 17
This is a tough one, you did well.
Known as a fast walker, a strider,
not one to stroll when destination
is known, yet prone to wander
through woods, on beaches,
ambling through dark places
in my mind, looking for light.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 Jan 17
oh, this had a lovely pace to it, I very much liked it!
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@Tampa_girl7 (48981)
• United States
16 Jan 17
Maybe I will take this challenge later.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
15 Jan 17
why thank you, I wasn't feeling that creative to be honest, had issues writing anything yesterday morning
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Jan 17
@just4him well I appreciate you telling me that, I wasn't inspired, so I didnt think it was that good
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@just4him (306269)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt This doesn't sound like you had issues.
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