The first Friday of each month, one of my Inklings writing group friends gives us a challenge. Well, Heidi gave us 12 prompts, one for each day of Yuletide. She sent it to each of us in a handmade mobile. I attached it to my December calendar page and left it there while Christmas and a family trip happened. Only yesterday, I decided to glue the prompts into the remaining pages of my 2023 notebook. The ultimate procrastination, I’m afraid. I’ve written one poem, so it is one poem you will read. This is probably not what Heidi intended when she put so much time and handwork into making our Yuletide prompt calendar.
Call Back the Dying Sun
Your rising beckons me
to notice
a stream of light
overarching
bare trees.Your rising beckons me
to be like you–
a light for
sight, beacon
of joy.Your rising beckons me
Margaret Simon, draft
to sense warmth
even at a slant
toward darkness–
I rise, too.
Heidi @my juicy little universe
Molly @Nix the Comfort Zone
Catherine @Reading to the Core
Mary Lee @A(nother) Year of Reading
Linda @A Word Edgewise
Reflections on the Teche 