Still Good

Thank you, Salt City Verse for hosting this week's round-up!

It's still cold in my world...very, very cold.  Right now I'm very thankful for the little button on my van's key-fob that starts my car while I'm still inside so that when I go out into 9 degree cold (minus 12 for Celsius folks)  I can enjoy a less cold vehicle!

I'm more thankful for our Jone Rush-MacCulloch for not only hosting a wonderful 2025 postcard exchange (such lovely cards arriving in my mailbox) but also for hosting a zoom session, Creating for Persistence, last Saturday. It was exactly what my soul needed.

We chatted, read poetry, listened to poetry and responded to some great prompts organized and brought to us by Jone. I surprised myself with writing some half-descent drafts. What a great way to spend January time.

This is a draft from last Saturday in response to James Crews poem, I keep My Hope. 

Crews, James. “James Crews on Instagram: Instagram, Meta, 4 Jan. 2025, www.instagram.com/james.crews.poet/p/DEZ2EWbRJoH/.

Metzinger, Jean. “Still Life: Playing Cards, Coffee Cup and Apples, 1917 - Jean Metzinger.” Www.Wikiart.Org, 1 Jan. 1970, www.wikiart.org/en/jean-metzinger/still-life-playing-cards-coffee-cup-and-apples-1917.

My response draft: 

Still Good 

Cracked Cup

Still good

My cup

Running over

Running under

Under cooked

Raw

Raw oyster

Raw bar

Saltwater

Sand and sea

Beach barefoot 

Early wake up

Back deck

Coffee in hand

My cup

Cracked

Still good

Linda Mitchell -- draft