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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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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,

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 9/18/2023 1:42:00 PM

true, Yann, inspiration and creativity can came from some unusual places and from even the smallest experiences. I enjoyed the read, Sara

Yann Rolland
Date: 9/19/2023 12:39:00 AM

Thank you so much Sara, at least it inspired me a poem, appreciated your kind comment

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