Eyes up to heaven
Running mile seven
I’m tired
My legs feel deaden
“Come on,” you beckon
Perspired
Running moms hearten
Together driven
Inspired
Another Lai Poem for D’Verse. The topic for this one uses the prompt from Patrick’s Pic and a Word #185 – Heavens. I’ve been on a streak with Patrick’s wonderful prompts! Head on over and see the lovely photos and words he uses for his weekly challenge. Patrick’s photos and poems from his recent travels are magnificent!!
While I didn’t get to actually run my seven miles this weekend like I was supposed to (rain and family obligations had me cutting it short), I was very grateful for the women who joined me from my local Moms Run This Town chapter. I was running short intervals while two other mamas were running longer intervals and our speedster mama was just running. We would leapfrog each other on the out and back trail, coming back when we would get too far out.
Even though I was running by myself at my own pace for most of this group run, just knowing my running friends were ahead of me or behind me made me happy and kept my motivation high. That’s running heaven!
Edited to add: I’ve also submitted this for Jamie’s Wednesday Writing prompt on The Poet by Day to write about friends. Is it weird that most of my friends are runners or writers?
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Yay! So much fun running with a group.
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Absolutely! It’s really the only reason why I run! 😁
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All the best, Irma! The lai captures it beautifully.
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Thank you! Hope you enjoyed your “break” – I have to catch up on your hiatus writing! 😁😁❤️
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You are welcome, Irma. ❤️
I enjoyed my ‘break’ and caught up with my reading. 😀
Don’t worry about going back, you can catch up from now. 😁
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Awesome and inspiring!
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Thank you! The ladies I run with are very inspiring!
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Well done. “Runners or writer” = birds of a feather flock together. 🙂
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Truth! ❤️ hope you continue to stay well…
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Thank you! Me too. 🙂
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this is awesome, you have nailed this style Irma 🙂
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Thanks so much, Kate! I have really enjoyed this challenge!
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good for you, I’ve just written another but have to ask Gina to check my syllable count, something I really struggle with
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This is one difficult form but you nailed it Irma..
And oh, happy mother’s day..😊😊😊
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Happy Mother’s Day to you as well! This form has totally grown on me!
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Delightful and inspiring poem, Irma. Thank you for following BrewNSpew.
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