by stephen berwaldt
Member since:
September 30, 2009

After This... ~ Decuain ~ MP2012

April 24, 2012 10:30 PM UTC (Updated: April 25, 2012 12:16 PM UTC)
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After This...


I really should walk to clear my head

A mere mile or two would do the trick

but I sit at my computer - check my mail instead

when I’m done, I’ll walk - I’ll walk double-quick

well, now, what’s that there – wait - *double-click*

I’ll just check this out – really - then I’ll go

Whoa, Nellie, look at this...this is really slick

I should go walk now – well, I just don’t know

got to get in shape - halt this mid-life spread

hit the “Rocky Road” then walk on up to bed

 

 

Today's form is decuain. Ideally, it is in iambic pentameter and that will be your goal today. Please note, I said goal, not requirement.

If you are new to this group or contest, go here to learn more and then come back to participate in today's challenge.

Follow these rules:

1. Today's prompt: exercise

2. Publish so that the date stamped is April 24th with only one stamp-date

3. Tag with MP2012

4. Publish to Mindful Poetry (and other groups as you wish)

 

 

Comments: 45

Diane Huizenga Apr 24, 2012, 11:06pm UTC
LOL I really liked this, sounds like me.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:08pm UTC
Noooo... you're a dynamo...
Richard Lynn Livesay Apr 24, 2012, 11:07pm UTC
I understand this poem completely as it fits my broken resolutions to walk more...but I seem to let my fingers do the walking...very well done poem...good flow and rhyme
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:08pm UTC
Thanks, Richard...I appreciate your comments...
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 24, 2012, 11:12pm UTC
Ha! Fantastic, Stephen. I'm very taken by the endearing self-talk and your skill with meter and rhyme.

Ten lines of poetry written precisely have found a space at Mindful Poetry.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:09pm UTC
Glad you liked it, Susan...
Mustafa Demiri Apr 24, 2012, 11:13pm UTC
I really enjoyed this! You have a talent for creating an active and realistic portrait of the overlapping thoughts in the procrastinating mind.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:09pm UTC
I have tons of experience, Mustafa...
Thank you for your kindness...
David W. Apr 24, 2012, 11:32pm UTC
So got me down pat. Oh wait, you weren't talking about me? Really good work my friend.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:10pm UTC
Is there anyone out there that LIKES to exercise...?
Thanks, David...
Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Apr 25, 2012, 12:13am UTC
Your competition, Stephen, was tremendous today. Your irrepressible humor landed this for you:
Atticus *. Apr 25, 2012, 9:02am UTC
Congrats Stephen!

~I'm with you. I don't keep ice cream or cookies in the house because they are irresistible to me at bed time.
JOHN BECK Apr 25, 2012, 9:11am UTC
When I make trail mix cookies, they don't last as long as they should.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:11pm UTC
Thanks, Susan, for the honor...
Thanks you guys, for your support...
JOHN BECK Apr 25, 2012, 12:36am UTC
Congratulations on Poem of the Day, Stephen.
Richard Lynn Livesay Apr 25, 2012, 9:20am UTC
got to get in shape - halt this mid-life spread

hit the “Rocky Road” then walk up to bed

great poem with humor...congrats
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:12pm UTC
Thank you, Gents... Much appreciated.
Janet "Jax" B. Apr 25, 2012, 12:43am UTC
Congrats Stephen....and I have had days like that. LOL
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:13pm UTC
I thinks a lot of people have, by the sound of it... it's comforting...maybe I'm not so strange after all... :)
Granny Janny Apr 25, 2012, 2:14am UTC
Congratulations.
Granny Janny Apr 25, 2012, 11:25am UTC
The computer wins too often...but I did do my walking yesterday! Featured on the "Muse"
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:14pm UTC
Good for you...men sweat...women perspire...
Thank you for the feature, Jan.
Irina Dimitric Apr 25, 2012, 2:33am UTC
That's just like me...Congrats on the Poem of the day, Stephen.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:14pm UTC
Thank you, Irina
Marianne K. Apr 25, 2012, 4:02am UTC
'No pain, no gain'...although in your poem you gained without pain....hahaha.

Congratulations!!
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:15pm UTC
I'd exercise more if it didn't make me sweat... :)
THank you, Marianne...
Bernard C. Apr 25, 2012, 5:49am UTC
Very amusing - am laughing at the photo - it should also get me to get up and go even make me get up off the computer and the internet to go do something more useful :-)) As it is its raining hard and am doing indoors chores for a while...well, thats my excuse and am sticking to it - roll on warmer and sunnier days :-)
Thanks for sharing and submitting to
The Surreal Circus.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:16pm UTC
Go out in the rain...get wet, come back inside and tell them all you just ran 10 miles...
Virginia M. Apr 25, 2012, 7:18am UTC
Love your poem! Congrats on poem of the day! :D
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:16pm UTC
Much appreciated, Virginia...
Angie O. Apr 25, 2012, 10:27am UTC
Congrats, this was great and a simple click can exercise a few finger muscles. Got to start somewhere.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:17pm UTC
Never thought of that...short fiber muscle needs exercise too... :)
Ann Marcaida Apr 25, 2012, 11:31am UTC
This sounds all too familiar. I'd swear my computer sucks up my brain! Thanks for sharing with Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists. Congrats on winning Poem of the Day!
Ann Marcaida Apr 25, 2012, 11:44am UTC
Tweeted!
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:20pm UTC
you must be really, really, brilliant because if it's sucking up your brain, you still seem plenty smart to me. Thank you for all your help, Ann.
Psst...I don't think you can use the word "suck" without flaggin' it! :)
A. F. Stewart Apr 25, 2012, 12:41pm UTC
It sounds like one of my typical days; I loved the poem. And congratulations on Poem of the Day.
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:20pm UTC
THank you, Anita.
CL Mareydt Apr 25, 2012, 4:16pm UTC
That was a tricky cute one & I'm sure many will be able to identify with it ... LOL !!!


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THANK YOU FOR SHARING AT SURREAL CIRCUS!
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:21pm UTC
Glad you liked it, CL.
CL Mareydt Apr 26, 2012, 9:10am UTC
The writing yes ... the photo ... mmmh .... obnoxious ... ;-/
stephen berwaldt Apr 30, 2012, 9:36pm UTC
I'll bet he thinks he's hot!
Debbie W. Apr 25, 2012, 4:25pm UTC
Great poem and so many could identify with it! LOL (Scary picture, though!) Congrats on Poem of the Day!
stephen berwaldt Apr 25, 2012, 9:22pm UTC
I loved the picture...talk about dedication... :)
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Granny Janny Apr 26, 2012, 10:57am UTC
The picture reminds me of the Broadway show, "Hair" and that song "I'm Hairy!"
stephen berwaldt Apr 26, 2012, 11:12am UTC
That is "NOT" me, y'know. I just was amazed at how free some people are in public. In private is whole 'nother ball game. Like you, I got a tickle.

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