Gayle Sands of Maryland is our host for Day 2 of the January Open Write at http://www.ethicalela.com. You can read her prompt and poem here. Today, we are writing KonMari poems to honor the legendary clutter-clean out queen Marie Kondo. I’m bringing my One Little Word into the first line of my poem today – enough.
“To truly cherish the things that are important to you,
you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose.”
Marie Kondo
Keepsakes Unkept 2
we’ll keep just enough :
*the dogs
*each other
(in that order)
*our jobs
*our dream of downsizing
for camper travel
*our sparse simplicity
that might seem boring
to anyone else
we’ll jettison some cargo:
* “gifts” bestowed, heavily-storied
relics with sentiments not ours
Common Threads 