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Friday, March 1, 2024

Wishes: A Golden Shovel 1/31

I know it is March 1st, but I can't let February go by without writing something about leap year. 

In my writing group we have a monthly writing challenge. Some months it is a daily challenge, while others may be a weekly or a one-time challenge. We have written fiction, memoirs, all types of poetry, and even riddles.

For February we chose to write a Golden Shovel but added a little twist for leap year--the line had to come from Shakespear's Sonnet 29. We called the challenge A Golden Leap. And it was definitely a leap for me! 

Here is the line I used:  Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,



Wishes

I threw a penny in the fountain, wishing
for love to find me.
Instead of love, grace falls like
rain from the sky to
the ground--protecting my heart, one
beat, two beats, three times more
Showing me how rich
 I am, not in love, but in
hope.




Here's to 31 days of writing! Here's to wishing for words to find me!

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