One Foot Forward; honey and onion

Just went out for the mail, which was a note from my baby sister

and a book of writing prompts written by Peter Murphy.

 above are last year's ducks, but I hope they are still among

the ones that are here this year.   The life of a duck

often takes place in groups of ducks 

that look very much like each other. 

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In yesterday's mail, the book I had ordered by Chana Bloch,

The Moon is Almost Full, Autumn House Press, 2017.

And the first poem in the book reminded me of my blog

and my hopes for this year.

Yom Asal, Yom Basal

                    One day honey, one day onion.   

                                                              --Arabic saying

In every maybe, the fear of yes.

In every promise, a shattered glass.

For every portion a cutting edge.

For every rift a slippery bridge.

In every hope some pickling salt.

In every bungle a touch of guilt.

Unto every plan God's ringing laughter.

Unto every death a morning after.

                              Chana Bloch

The design of this is simply stunning to me! As I examine the structure, I see more and more design. Two line rhyming stanzas, each line in two parts, as is the epigraph. Try to make a structure for your own poem!