Bread Crumbs

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These are my bread crumbs,
scattered on the brumous trail 
should I ever turn around 
to view the path I've traveled 
and see only a myriad of trees.

These are my bread crumbs.
I drop them knowing full well they may be 
eaten by ravenous rodents and raccoons
who perceive the value of bread crumbs 
differently than I do.

These are my bread crumbs -
carefully marking the whens
and wheres of my life,
though I know your path will be elsewhere
and you will mark it as you see fit.

These poems are my bread crumbs.


written 9 June 2016

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Christuraj Alex

Date: 9/14/2022 3:56:00 AM

May the bread crumbs of your writings, together with showing you the paths you have traveled, together with feeding rodents and raccoons proceed on marking your life. Great metaphor. Congratulations!

John Watt
Date: 3/16/2023 10:06:00 AM

Thank you, my friend. Our words are like an atlas of where we've been; both for us to remember and for others to know us better. Best wishes avoiding the raccoons!

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 5/2/2020 6:38:00 PM

I love the metaphor in this, and so apt - when we look back, we can see the maps of our lives marked (in this case) by our trails of words-

John Watt
Date: 5/2/2020 7:32:00 PM

Thank you for another kind word. I probably lean toward the cliché in writing so often about writing. Oh well. I guess that's a label I'm willing to wear, haha! What's your honest opinion, should I spell it when's and where's, or whens and wheres? ~ John

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/29/2016 11:26:00 PM

wow, what an amazing poem this is, John. Love this metaphor for life and poetry. FAVE

John Watt
Date: 1/21/2020 11:48:00 PM

I just realized I never responded to your heartwarming comment in 2016! I don't know if you will ever see this, but I hope you know your encouragement means more than I can say, my friend. Thank you.