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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.

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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?

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!

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 9/21/2023 8:05:00 AM

Perfect contrast. Liked the idea of the pebble in your shoe. Well writ.

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

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! ;)

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

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

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

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

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!!

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.

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

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

Di11y Da11y

Date: 9/16/2023 10:26:00 PM

Discomfort in my sole, Slows down travel reaching goal, Prevents my heart becoming whole, Unless I stop to contemplate, Priorities begin to rate, From right here can shape my fate

Yann Rolland
Date: 9/18/2023 1:17:00 AM

thanks Dilly for the, enlightning comment, your wirds are gracious and supportive, simply enjoyed

Di11y Da11y

Date: 9/16/2023 10:20:00 PM

Very sweet Yann, I like this one :) indeed the pebble can take the poet far

Yann Rolland
Date: 9/18/2023 1:16:00 AM

thanks Dilly, it really did it

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!

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

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