Thursday, August 16, 2018

August 16: Pantoum for Plans

I don't know what life will be like for me down the line.
I'm not going to make anybody any promises.
I have my plans, but I don't often share them.
I don't want to be proven wrong.

I'm not going to make anybody any promises.
Maybe it's Irish-American doom
I don't want to be proven wrong.
I don't wish for too much.

Maybe it's Irish-American doom
Yet I don't find myself pessimistic.
I don't wish for too much--
I have great hope for the future.

Yet I don't find myself pessimistic. 
I don't spend too much time wishing
I have great hope for the future.
I want to have good times now.

I don't spend too much time wishing
Kids swinging on the hand-me-down swingset
I want to have good times now.
I don't want imaginary hopes

Kids swinging on the hand-me-down swingset
Split pea soup in the crockpot
I don't want imaginary hopes
I don't want unfinished projects

Split pea soup in the crockpot
I want to break out the good wine
I don't want unfinished projects
Each day should count for something

I want to break out the good wine
Probably leave the good stemware inside
Each day should count for something
But have a lick of sense

Probably leave the good stemware inside
I don't know what life will be like for me down the line.
But have a lick of sense
I have my plans, but I don't often share them. 

4 comments:

  1. Very nice. ( I'm scared to attempt one of these.)

    And I definitely think you should break out the good wine. And bring the good stemware outside.

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  2. I'm afraid I do leave the good stemware inside. But ohmygoodness, this is good. I wonder if I'll have the nerve to attempt one when I very soon run out of material?

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  3. Brava! The theme was perfect for the form. And I loved the way it started uncertainly, and finished happily. You've made me want to attempt a pantoum now.

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  4. I only have a few pieces of the good stemware left. I keep it inside, but I've discovered the glasses I bought from Ikea get me just as happily drunk. I absolutely want to try this form, and I truly doubt that I will.

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