Poetry Monday is a blogging game invented long ago. Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings
and I are keeping it alive until Diane @ On the Border returns home
from her break of health and relaxation, travelling the world with
her husband as far as we can tell.
We just hope she's going to take
back over once she returns home.
The prompts now come from 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts
group. This is a Facebook group with a prompt for each day of the
year, but no
worries, the prompts will still be here and at Mimi's blog.
Today's prompt is: Back pack.
An ode to my old friend it is then.
We've travelled the world, me and my back pack
We walked down roads and off beaten track.
I carried you, you carried my stuff - and a snack
A bottle of water and my sleeping bag.
You met with an accident bitter and black
The bus with us in it was hit with a smack
You bore the brunt of it and now you're a wrack
I have to find a new one that has my back.
Another true story form one of my many travels. The bus we sat in - and where the luggage was stored in compartments under us - ran into a wall or another solid object at a very low speed. Most important nobody was hurt, and almost nothing was broken apart from my poor backpack, the frame of which was twisted and bent beyond repair. It made it home with me, but not without chafing and trouble for me.
- - - - - - - - - - Coming Themes - - - - - -
taken from the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group.
May 11 Futuristic Landscape
May 18 Balcony
May 25 Scooter
June 1 Blue
June 8 2 minute Sketch
June 15 Cobweb with Dewdrops
Jun 22 Lily
Jun 29 Northern light
Your poor backpack to suffer such a fate. I have never been hiking and camping so never needed such a backpack, mine is a softer one for carrying things to and from wherever I go, to visit the twins, small shopping trip, off to the beach for photos.
SvarSletI have such a back pack too, they get worn out over time, silent, sturdy beasts of burden they are ... and in need of a tribute as well.
SletI have my old blog, where I practice writing and art. Sometimes, I read Mimi's blog daily; that was when I came across Poetry Monday. Being new to creative writing, I often have writer's block. That's why I seldom participate in creative writing prompts. I have to maintain a pace. My backpack haiku is at https://artmater.com/backpack-in-poetry-monday-may-4-2026/
SvarSletI do understand that writer's block. I often meet it and often think of a poem I have stolen from Leap of Dave:
SletI wonder if there's some kind of doc
For a bad case of writer's block
You make an appointment
He gets you some ointment
And you can get back on the clock.
his witty limerick was written by Dave of Leap of Dave
I find that having a prompt often helps a lot.
Excuse me, I forgot to comment on your poem. I can imagine your traveler's backpack to be very heavy. maybe its frame protected it from being totally crushed.
SvarSletI always travel light I have to carry it when walking often long distances, but yes, the frame bore the brunt of the beating, and was beyond repair, my other gear survived thanks to it.
SletThanks for commenting!
Very good
SvarSletThank you
SletWhat a sad end for your backpack. Losing one is like losing a good friend.
SvarSletYes it was like losing a friend. We had travelled so far together.
Slet