In response to Jane Dougherty Poetry Challenge #14:
Running Against the Wind
Why are we running against the wind?
Been trying for hundreds of years,
Wants and needs left wisdom behind.
Why are we running against the wind?
Black smoke and fumes choking us blind,
Ice cracks; only polar bears hear.
Why are we running against the wind?
Been trying for hundreds of years.
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The challenge this week:
…choose a favourite line, of a song, a poem, a play or a novel, and let it inspire you. You can change it, transform it or reproduce it in any poetic form you like.
My poem uses an altered form of ‘I was runnin’ against the wind’ from the song, Against the Wind by Bob Seger. Please follow the challenge link at the top of this post to discover other poems quoting or rephrasing lines from other sources.
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great poem, it made me think and ask that same question of myself. I haven’t an answer but that’s the poetic point you’re making. 🙂 we do things without asking ourselves why.
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It is so human to push and struggle ‘against the wind’– and we don’t even realize we’re doing it unless we pause–which your comment made me do for this moment 🙂
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Yes it is and you’re so right that until someone points it out to us, we don’t even think to question it. We just keep struggling. Perhaps that’s the nature of being human 🙂 glad I was able to make you stop and think as your poem made me do.
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:))
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J’aime ton blogue, j’aime tes mots, alors je t’ai nominée au Liebster Awards 2016. Va voir mon article a`ce sujet: http://mamieencavale.com/2016/01/25/libster-award-2016/
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Je suis très honorée par tes mots. Merci beaucoup! I’ll visit your post and say more.
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Great spin on running against the wind!
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Thank you 🙂
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