TRY
(for Tweetspeak’s pantoum month)
We’re supposed to try
That’s what dads do
Try and try and try
Move over more money
That’s what dads do
Fix the car
Move over more money
Moms, too
Fix the car
Find the right shoes
Moms, too
Pray you do okay
Find the right shoes
Try and try and try
Pray you do okay
We’re supposed to try
After reading Maureen’s and now your, pantoums, I think I’m a bit infatuated with the form. It’s kind of playful, isn’t it? Maybe poetry will return to me one day…it comes in fits and spurts for me.
I’ll just have to stop by here for my poetry fix when I’m dry 😉
I read the instructions, but couldn’t quite figure it out. Then I read you here, trying it out, and I think I must just be thinking too hard.
After all, we’re supposed to try, right? At least, that’s what I hear…