Writer Wednesday: Teachers Write 2018

Yesterday, Traci Sorrell gave a writing prompt at Kate Messner's blog for the second day of Teacher's Write 2018.  She asked the writer teachers to make a list of blessings and struggles they encountered during the last few months.  I was determined to write about a huge frozen custard I ate at Greenfield Village the other day, but a triolet about the past and present popped out instead.  Whoops.

The writing of it, as did the walk through the Village, reminded me that the past is filled with struggles and blessings--that affect us still today, so I'm going to to say I followed the directions.

Mostly.

At the Village

We walk the paths to see the past 
come back to life. In present’s shine 
we wonder what was built to last; 
we walk the paths to see. The past, 
a spark, reveals what forebears passed 
to us. As past and now entwine, 
we walk the paths. We see the past 
come back to life in present’s shine.
© Rebekah Hoeft

© Rebekah Hoeft 2018