This month, I’m writing posts from prompts in the Writing Down the Bones Card Deck by Natalie Goldberg, shared with me by my friend Barb Edler of Iowa. The question at the top of the deck today: How do I distract myself?
Distraction Haiku
I distract myself
in all the usual ways:
social media
cleaning up the house
taking the dogs for a walk
sipping a vino
concerns about news
taking a late siesta
looking at camels
picking my jeans threads
considering the lilies
of another field
planning unplanned trips
wondering about zebras
plugging in the fan
doodling in pen
unmossing the wreaths
counting my quarters
sketching old bottles
remembering shopping with
S&S Green Stamps
coming up with ways
to distract myself is the
order of the day….
Common Threads 