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Keep moving on: W3 Prompt #69: Wea’ve Written Weekly

W3 Prompt #69: Wea’ve Written Weekly
  • Below are the first 14 lines of Leonard Cohen’s (1934 – 2016) ‘Anthem’;
    • Select any two or three of Cohen’s lines from below and incorporate them into a poem of your own;
      • You must: keep Cohen’s words in the original order, but you may change the punctuation;
      • Your poem should be no less than five lines and no more than 20 lines.

‘Anthem’ lyrics

The birds they sang At the break of day Start again I heard them say Don’t dwell on what has passed away Or what is yet to be Ah, the wars they will be fought again The holy dove, she will be caught again Bought and sold, and bought again The dove is never free Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in

Keep Moving On

Start again I heard them say
Don’t dwell on what has passed away
For you are young and still have life
You will again be someone’s wife
Live for the now and just move on
No matter who is here or gone
there’s someone else you need to show
that you continue to bloom and grow
and though the sadness still is there
you breath in deep for some fresh air
knowing that the day will bring
freshness like a new day’s spring
and tears will dry and chokes will stop
you’ll grow buds like an early crop
and bloom and shine like once before
you’ll live your life forever more.

©2023 CBialczak

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  9. Th͏e way you conv͏ey th͏e m͏essag͏e of ͏embrac͏ing th͏e pr͏es͏ent and f͏ind͏ing n͏ew b͏eg͏inn͏ings ͏is truly ͏insp͏ir͏ing. ͏Each l͏in͏e pa͏ints a v͏iv͏id p͏ictur͏e of growth and r͏en͏ewal, r͏em͏ind͏ing us that ͏ev͏en ͏in th͏e m͏idst of sadn͏ess, th͏er͏e’s an ͏inh͏er͏ent str͏ength that prop͏els us forward. Thank you for shar͏ing th͏is touch͏ing p͏i͏ec͏e of art.

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