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I have wished upon
broken shoelaces,
falling coins, fading stars.
The world is braiding
itself back to primary: red,
yellow…blue.
Maybe it’s time to color outside the lines.
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I’m hosting Meeting the Bar later today over at dVerse. This is a Sevenling.
Wanna learn how to write one? The Bar opens at noon, PST. 🙂
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Yeah!! I love sevenlings. I’ll try to find my way to dVerse this evening. 🙂 >
Me, too, Misky! Can’t wait to see you at the Bar!
Yes, sometimes instead of “thinking outside the box” we need to color outside of the lines instead. The first stanza of wishing brought to mind a line I read in a book ages ago – people praying for one and one not to equal two…. excellent work. Thank you for this prompt!
Colouring outside the lines is good – go for it! Thanks again for introducing me to this excellent fun form.
Kind regards
Anna :o]
It is always more interesting to color OUTSIDE the lines!
Such a gorgeous sevenling ❤ ❤
I love that final line. Brilliant sevenling.
Thanks for introducing this form. Lots of fun! Let’s all colour outside the lines!!
This is a fun prompt, De. Thanks for encouraging our inner child to color outside the lines just like she always has done anyway!
I love coloring outside the box De ~ Well I am in 🙂
Thanks for another fun form to play with ~
Yes, always colour! Not just outside of the lines, outside of everything else as well 😀
Cool poem, De! Make it an original by coloring outside the lines…much more fun that way! 🙂
Beautifully said. What can I say but to smile and agree?
Love your sevenling…i was thinking of colors too 🙂
Sevenlings are joyous to write, for sure; I love yours, the creative complexity of the first stanza shines trinity green as the primary colors mix in stanza 2, & your twist ending is killer.
A nice flow this sevenling! It is good to counter Writer’s block!
Hank
If we could revert back everything to basic… then maybe we could start a new beginning.. or perhaps a better one. 🙂
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Almost the only advice I gave students when I was still teaching – to spill the colours.
ooooh I love this! Definitely always a good thing, to color outside the box — creativity and a little bit of guts too! 🙂
Great last line.
Coloring outside the lines really ties this poem together (pun not intended).