Cruising Wandering River

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Cloddity bloddity
Odie O'Banion
fictional guardian
searching for the answer

cruising wandering river
guiding paths now blurring
spirituality
humming homeward

I wrote this poem for the Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt #138 on the Skeptic’s Kaddish, which was provided by Lesley this time around.

Lesley’s prompt guidelines

This poem is maybe not truly a Double dactyl 😅 I have to admit that I struggled with this form. I gave it a try, writing it in honor of a book I just finished reading: “This Tender Land”. It was a random book that I’d put on hold at the library with the plan to join in a book club in town that would be reading it in early December.

Of course, life became too crazy, and I hadn’t even opened the first page by the time the book club met, so I considered just returning the book back to the library. Then, I started reading it, and I actually really enjoyed the book. Glad I didn’t immediately return it! 📚

23 thoughts on “Cruising Wandering River”

    1. Thanks, David! I am also either wildly behind or ahead of pace when I join a book club. The last time I joined one, I finished the entire book and then read a second one, and the group decided to discuss “just the first half– no spoilers”, so I felt nervous about sharing much of anything because by then I couldn’t remember which events were in the first or second half 😅

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  7. I love how you took a character’s name from the book, Tender Lands by William Kent Krueger. I enjoyed your poem (great advert for the book!). Your feature photo is beautiful. Is that you sitting upon the rock? 💕

    Thank you so much for participating, Sarah. 🙏

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