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Elephant's Child presents 5-10 words for us to use some or all in a creative writing piece.
This week's words are:
Elbows, Imagine, Canal, Heavily, Population, Mocked, Months, Annex, Support, Casino, Pink
The Canal Dweller
He has lived there
For many months now.
Gently bobbing up and down
With the wake of passing boats.
Away from the population
That thrives on shops,
Sports arenas, and casinos.
His craft is a personal annex
To the more inhabited centres.
Not mocked but not engaged,
He provides his own support
And is the better for it.
There is an inner peace
to be found on the water.
Another day draws to an end—
The sky is orange and pink,
The birds are heading home.
He rests on his elbows,
Taking it all in, savouring,
And can’t imagine anything better.
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Gawd! Is this national self-awareness week or something?
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ReplyDeleteAhhhh. Thank you. A wise man.
There’s a quiet charm in this—a world where the only deadlines are sunsets, and time drifts as gently as the water itself. It captures the rare peace of self-chosen solitude, where the company, though sparse, is perfectly chosen. A beautiful, calm reflection. Enjoyed reading. Thank you.
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ReplyDeletethecontemplativecat here. Excellent use of words and the imagery is great. I just read that Col. Mustard, the busker in Oxford and London, died at age of 90 or something. He lived rough, had a great following.
ReplyDeleteLovely poem. Like the way you played out mocked and his response. I'm sort of the player.
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