Yann Rolland Poet Free verse

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 October 20, 2024 at 2:36 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 September 25, 2023 at 7:40 AM A pebble in the shoe will keep the feet bound to the desk writing. Inspiring poem Yann with deep meaning!

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

Sara Kendrick September 20, 2023 at 6:14 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 September 20, 2023 at 11:21 PM thanks a lot sara, for the support and reading, have a nice day

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

Mystic Rose Rose September 19, 2023 at 3:23 PM lol I have lots of pebbles then in my shoe wink wink, love your witty poem thanks for sharing Yann Rolland September 20, 2023 at 11:23 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 September 18, 2023 at 5:17 PM Good advice in this poem, Yann. Create something beautiful from the pain. :-) Have a great week! Bill Yann Rolland September 19, 2023 at 12:40 AM Thanks a lot Bill, i couldn't have said better " create from the pain" have a sweet day,

Curie Stark September 18, 2023 at 2:27 AM So true It really touched my soul Yann Rolland September 19, 2023 at 12:38 AM thank you so much Curie

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

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

Valsa George September 17, 2023 at 5:27 AM You have looked upon the pebble from two ambivalent angles and have composed a beautiful poem, Yaan. Yann Rolland September 18, 2023 at 1:14 AM Thanks Valsa, for the support and kindness

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

Speaks Volumes September 16, 2023 at 9:01 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 September 18, 2023 at 1:18 AM thanks a lot SV, for the generous words, i appreciated

Jeff Connelly September 16, 2023 at 5:32 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 September 18, 2023 at 7:37 AM I actually love when that sort of "not intended" synchronicity happens yann lol Yann Rolland September 18, 2023 at 1:20 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