Writing Odes this past month

My Poetry Sisters and I have been scribbling down Odes all through the past month. Every month this year we are working on writing different forms of poetry in a group challenge. It's been both fun and frustrating at times! But Odes are pure fun. We agreed to take a light-hearted look at things this month, and some of these are downright funny! Check out my compatriot's Odes at these links:

Tricia Storh Hunt
Liz Garton Scanlon
Tanita S. Davis
Laura Purdie Salas
Kelly R. Fineman
Sara Lewis Holmes

Here is my contribution; one of a series of Odes to Knitting that I've been playing with this month.

Frogging

In knitting

the frog is

not the cool

green fellow

sitting on lily pads

croaking in afternoon sun.

No - it’s much

more tragic

than that idyll.

Frogging it

in knitting

is ripping out

all of yesterday

or last week’s

work in dismay.

The pattern went wrong,

stitch count is off.

Hours erased

from the life

of my fingers.

Seeking the right path.

RRRiiiiiiiipppp it out -

try again

tomorrow.

Don't miss the Friday Poetry roundup hosted at Buffy's Blog. Cheers!