Good morning. Welcome to Soul Sunday. Sunday is the day for poetry on the blog. I started reading a lot of Pearl Jam’s song lyrics before deciding to write my own poem today. It is fair to say that musicians are really poets, who just happen to know how to sing. Eddie Vedder has written some deep stuff in his life. So, I surprised myself when I started doodling my own poem and it turned out to be silly and quirky and fun. That’s what is great about playing around with poetry. You surprise yourself a lot. Write a poem today. Just do it. Surprise and delight yourself. Here is my goofy little ditty for today:
“The Pet Peeve”
There once was woman named Old Mrs. Leave
Who had a huge dog, she appropriately named “Peeve”
She fed him a lot, so he grew and he grew
His favorite thing to do,
was to sit and to stew,
Just like his owner.
Mrs. Leave spent all of her time and focus on Peeve,
To think of anything else, she just couldn’t conceive.
Peeve became a nasty, monstrous beast.
He was snarly and angry, to say the very least.
What is the moral of this poem I released?
“Don’t be a moaner.”
Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.