Our prompt today:
And so I give you the alphabet soup of my thoughts today.
Mason, Gaby, and Junki are my children.
The words on each line are not necessarily connected, for me...
perhaps they will be, for you.
Anxiety, acceptance
Biden, birthdays, ballots
COVID19, cooperation
Democrat, democracy
Eddie Van Halen, educators
Fear, friends
Gaby, graduation, goodbyes
Help, holidays
Immigration, insight, isolation
Junki, Japan
Knowledge, keyboards, kindness
Lifelines, laughter
Mason, managing, masks
Naps, nitpicking
Overwhelm, opposition
Pedagogy, pacing
Quiet, questioning
Republican, re-public, rest
Students, self-care
Trump, technology, testing
University, unity
Vaccine, voting, veracity
Weather, welcomes
Xenophobia
Yelling, yesterdays
Zillionaires, zigzagging, zen.
Yes, that poem shares the ups and downs of life in a very engaging way, Chris. Alphabet Soup of Thoughts-clever format!
ReplyDeleteI had so much swirling, Carol. This seemed to be the easiest way to organize my thoughts!
DeleteI can so relate to this alphabet jumble, just exchanging names of children... and can I just say I appreciate your inclusion of Eddie Van Halen. I grew up on that music and marked his passing as well (hearing the guitar and familiar lyrics returning from long ago). Your poem is indeed a nice, orderly collection of everything that zips through our minds these days, in a matter of nanoseconds. Alphabet soup, for sure. No wonder we're tired! Love this, Chris.
ReplyDeleteThis pandemic has put another spin on "collective consciousness", hasn't it? We are all playing against a COVID19 backdrop. Gearing up for an isolated holiday season...sigh.
DeleteThis format is so clever and really captures the exhausting, emotionally draining mish mash of our days, from a to z. I have been amazed by how dark my #Poemtober poems have been lately. I feel like my thoughts are stained.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention of similarity. I'm hoping the holiday season will bring a brighter attitude, even as we're practicing isolation. Thank goodness for technology, and the mail system, and this blogging community!
DeleteChris, your alphabet poem is revealing. It speaks of turbulent times, where finding solitude becomes an even more sought after objective. In a global sense, I am now wondering what other writers and thinkers might possibly include in such a piece. Your words have evoked much to ponder for me. May you quarantine some serenity in these days of challenge.
ReplyDeleteI just realized that I should have added "pivot" to my p's. Yes, finding solitude even as we quarantine and isolate is not always easy! I am attempting to establish a routine of meditation, however brief, each morning to center myself and put the ABCs at bay for a few minutes.
DeleteLife is certainly a rollercoaster. This alphabet proves that and it's no wonder we're exhausted anymore.
ReplyDeleteIt is, even if we don't consciously think so from moment to moment--you are right!
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