Life without Enemies
On his blog today, Rahul Gaur invited his readers to create a poem inspired by another poet.. using opposites. Rahul”s blog site is titled:
THE HOME OF POETRY
His description of the Day 3 poetry prompt intrigued me:
NaPoWriMo Day 3: Find a shortish poem that you like, and rewrite each line, replacing each word (or as many words as you can) with words that mean the opposite. For example, you might turn “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” to “I won’t contrast you with a winter’s night.”
Then Rahul shared a poem he wrote using that “Opposite” prompt: On his blog site you can see a link to the original poem.
When I am standing on the edge
Revelling at the vista, which the mist blurs
I forget the lovely image, hers, as
She fades… fades… fades away
Over me, joy has taken me in its veil
More a creature of this world
And one less angel on the earth
I want nothing more, nothing less
When I am standing on the edge
Revelling at the vista, which the mist blurs
I think I recall the image, hers, again
She passes…passes… passes by
I want nothing less, nothing more
I picked up on Rahul’s prompt and decided to write a poem inspired by poet, Holly Haley.
The original poem: “Friendships”
Write life without friendships
And who would read it through?
Paint life without its friendships
Where is the rainbow hue?
Build life without its friendships
Who would live therein?
For friendship’s glow leads to the goal
That each of us would win.poet: Molly A. Haley
And mine:
“Enemies”
Live life with enemies
And no one would join in
Scribble life with its enemies
And forget to add a grin.
Tear down life with its enemies
And regret the choices you choose
For death darkens your door
When you’ve no friends to lose.Jan Beekman
Want to try your hand at this opposites poetry?
If so, I’d love to have you share it in the comments section here.
Friends are such an important part of every happy life!
On the other hand, enemies are sometimes hard to find (at least for me).
If you look at everyone through your Jesus glasses, you will see the divine in them.
You will pray for them, and you will realize that they are placed in your world to teach you.
What do your enemies teach you? Well, for one thing – they teach you what you don’t want to be!!
Hmmm… what does that mean, “Front Toward Enemy”??
You want that person at your back to be your friend, right?
When your friend says, “I’ve got your back,” what’s that mean?
To me it means, when my back is turned and someone intends to harm me,
my friend will be there to protect me.
Turning your back on your enemy can be dangerous!
How do we avoid having enemies?
Can we really live a life without them?
The PollyAnna in me says, “Of course!”
What do you think?
Just love one another!
Hugs to you,
JanBeek
