Recipe for Jumping For Joy
- Humour
- Smile
- Child-like Glee
- Humility
- Sun
Measure out 3 cups of humour and pour into a large mixing bowl ( container of you.) Add a handful of smiles. Fold in 1 cup child-like glee and mix well to form a paste. Sprinkle in 2 tablespoons of humility. Lastly, add Sun to taste. Bake until golden and delicious!
Ingrid Exner, Poetry Half Marathon 2020
Recipe for Jumping For Joy
[is right here speaking to you]
One: Humour
Two: Smile
Three: Child-like Glee
Four: Humility
Five: Sun
Measure out three cups of humour
and pour into a large mixing bowl of you.
Add a handful of smiles.
Fold in one cup child-like glee
and mix well to form a paste.
Sprinkle in two tablespoons of humility.
Lastly, add Sun to taste.
Bake until golden and delicious!
My Note: I may have rewritten the poem as above, if I had the chance.
It’s a poetic experiment that gushes out lovely imagery.
Thank you Ofuma! This poem came very quickly to mind and was written in about 10 minutes. At that time in the half marathon, I was trying to pace myself. It was pure inspiration and basically wrote itself. In looking back at it, it gives me great joy and makes me smile. Thanks for your beautiful comments.