I Yearn To Wander

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Put yourself in their shoes contest - Sponsor: Eve Roper

August 7, 2023

My friends are happy gleaning fields of grain but I'd rather read about France or Spain. I travel through the pages of a book, remembering each journey that I took. I long to see more of the whole wide world. An ocean traveler with sails unfurled, a fortune teller in a caravan. I would roam like a gypsy with that plan. I yearn to wander and want to explore mountains, busy cities, and so much more. I want to visit places that exist in pages of books. I've made a checklist. My parents say there's a look in my eyes that I don't bother trying to disguise. My heart wants to lead a vagabond life and not marry early and be a wife. I am only ten but I'm sure they're right, for I dream of foreign lands every night. Over lush green meadows I wish to traipse on lavender hills and heathered landscapes.

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Eve Roper

Date: 8/28/2023 12:14:00 PM

Thank you for your wonderful poem for the contest. Congratulations on your win,Lin. Eve

Sotto Poet

Date: 8/28/2023 6:28:00 AM

Lin, Congratulations on your win, which is truly deserved, as your poem is a masterpiece crafted with such exquisite precision and beauty.

Jan Allison

Date: 8/8/2023 12:28:00 PM

What a charming poem told through the eyes of a child, a delight to read Lin:-) hugs Jan xx

Lin Lane
Date: 8/8/2023 12:54:00 PM

Thanks a bunch, Jan.

Susan Woodrow

Date: 8/8/2023 9:24:00 AM

Lovely rhyme that takes one back to young days buried in books and longing similarly … enjoyed :)

Lin Lane
Date: 8/8/2023 12:53:00 PM

Thanks so much for your comments, Susan.

Paul Willason

Date: 8/8/2023 6:11:00 AM

Do like this poem Lin, resonates with the restlessness within. I guess writing poetry becomes the substitute for this wish for other lands, our private escape into an ideal...and even then we can only visit...I take a trip into all your poems. Regards Paul

Lin Lane
Date: 8/8/2023 6:19:00 AM

Thank you for your insight, Paul. Through our poetry, we can go anywhere we choose, do anything we dare, and allow imagination free reign to privately escape. You're a welcome traveler on any adventurous journey I take.