For today EC has given us:
Diverse
Universe
Reverse
Terse
Nurse
Rehearse
and this wonderful photo:
The words begged to be turned into a verse, and I obliged. I have not made any New Years resolutions, but Christmas holiday resolutions, you might call them, or December-resolutions, as I began weaving then in my tired brain as morning got so short that we arose by lamplight in the beginning of December.
For reasons ever more diverse.
I have decided to rehearse,
The signs of ageing to reverse
And to embrace the universe
And not be visiting a nurse.
To study Japanese and verse.
You see my matters are not terse.
A morning new is every day
I want to fight and not to stay
In shadows, murk and grey.
If I have anything to say,
I now stake out a brighter way
I see the light - at least a ray!
I am so very pleased that this prompt and photo spoke to you. And that you heeded its siren call. I love your poem and hope to keep learning my whole life through. Sadly I am not as disciplined as you are, and learn a little bit here, and a little bit there. I have MORE than enough learning to do to keep me busy until the day I die - when I will not have finished.
SvarSletHuge thanks for agreeing to provide January's prompts. I am really, really looking forward to them.
I am more like you than it seems from my blog. I go nipping here, tasting there, always on the lookout for something new. And not very disciplined at all! A month ago I renewed my subscription for a Japanese language course after a hiatus of almost a year and being a student since 2017, I went from level 7 to level 4 to be able to tag along.
SletAs you I'm going to leave loads of learning behind and imagine Heaven as a mix between a wonderful school and an old fashioned library with fireplaces, ladders etc.
The "Japanese verse"
SvarSletmake answer me by haiku:
Fine poem. Kudos!
Thank you. As I love Japanese things, among those haiku, you could not have paid me a greater compliment.
SletWell done!
SvarSletThank you, Mimi.
SvarSlet