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The Pebble

If you have a little rock in your shoe,
You will not cross Alabama, 
You will not cross Louisiana,
You’ll have to remove it first,

In poetry, it is the opposite,
If you have a small pebble in your shoe,
Do not remove it, think about it
Make it into a poem.

Copyright © Yann Rolland | Year Posted 2023

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Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/20/2024 2:36:00 PM LOL, love it! I try to look over those pebbles in my shoe, not fret. We can always use the catharsis of poetry, find profundity in angst, grief, or find pleasure in pain…what? Login to Reply

Frances Schiavina Date: 9/25/2023 7:40:00 AM A pebble in the shoe will keep the feet bound to the desk writing. Inspiring poem Yann with deep meaning! Login to Reply

Victor Buhagiar Date: 9/21/2023 8:05:00 AM Perfect contrast. Liked the idea of the pebble in your shoe. Well writ. Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/21/2023 10:48:00 PM Thanks Victor for the support and reading, took the pebble out have a nice day

Sara Kendrick Date: 9/20/2023 6:14:00 AM I can imagine the painful poem that a person could write while walking with that rock in their shoe. Thanks for sharing this one with us and for stopping by my page. Sara Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/20/2023 11:21:00 PM thanks a lot sara, for the support and reading, have a nice day

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 9/19/2023 9:43:00 PM Lovely poetry comes from both joy and strife.Very nice, Yann! ;) Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/20/2023 11:22:00 PM thanks evelyn, this is so true, have anice day

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 9/19/2023 3:23:00 PM lol I have lots of pebbles then in my shoe wink wink, love your witty poem thanks for sharing Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/20/2023 11:23:00 PM Thanks Rose, for the kind and supportive comment, pebbles can hurt, i take them off as soon as i can have asweet day

Bill Baker Date: 9/18/2023 5:17:00 PM Good advice in this poem, Yann. Create something beautiful from the pain. :-) Have a great week! Bill Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/19/2023 12:40:00 AM Thanks a lot Bill, i couldn't have said better " create from the pain" have a sweet day,

Curie Stark Date: 9/18/2023 2:27:00 AM So true It really touched my soul Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/19/2023 12:38:00 AM thank you so much Curie

Maria Fernandez-Garcia Date: 9/17/2023 5:43:00 PM Probably you ate right. Nice thinking piem. Hope you are ok my friend! Blessings Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/18/2023 1:11:00 AM thanks Maria, smile, i just had a little pebble in my shoe that inspired me yann

Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/17/2023 5:00:00 PM This is cute as a button!! Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/18/2023 1:13:00 AM Hi Andrea, i didn't know "cute as a button", i guess it is compliment, appreciated your kind comment

Valsa George Date: 9/17/2023 5:27:00 AM You have looked upon the pebble from two ambivalent angles and have composed a beautiful poem, Yaan. Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/18/2023 1:14:00 AM Thanks Valsa, for the support and kindness

The Situation Date: 9/16/2023 10:52:00 PM That would take inspiration. A line from my Muse to begin with. Then I couldn't fail Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/18/2023 1:15:00 AM Thanks TS, the muse was just there, in my shoe, smile thanks for your support an kindness

Speaks Volumes Date: 9/16/2023 9:01:00 PM I love this Yann. You are right, and its a tribute to Poets everywhere that they would suffer for their poetry. A fave! Login to Reply Yann Rolland Date: 9/18/2023 1:18:00 AM thanks a lot SV, for the generous words, i appreciated

Jeff Connelly Date: 9/16/2023 5:32:00 PM There's something very zen about this yann. When I saw that you had written Alabama and Louisiana; I thought of Little Rock, Arkansas. But your peeble did turn into a poem. Thanks Login to Reply Jeff Connelly Date: 9/18/2023 7:37:00 AM I actually love when that sort of "not intended" synchronicity happens yann lol Yann Rolland Date: 9/18/2023 1:20:00 AM thanks a lot Jeff, i didn't even thought of Arkansas, o am not such a subtle guy, ideas came naturally with a pebble in my shoe, thanks for the support and kindness