"B" is for beginning, or, in my case, "B" is for boo-boo.
Shocking as it may seem I am fallible: In my haste to register for the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2018, I made a mistake. A boo-boo.
I'll tell you I didn't read the instructions because I was trying to register before the A2Z registration link expired. My registration rank of #696 out of 697 registrants would bear that statement out.
However, truth be known, I rarely read tech instructions--even when I have the time. They frustrate me. They give me a headache. They use words and terms that mean nothing to me. In Nursing Diagnosis, I have a Knowledge Deficit related to Technology. And, although it's part of my job as an RN I don't care to develop a care plan to address it.
In my rush to register I mistakenly thought the initial post prompt was: A for Awesome.
Desiring to get ahead of the upcoming Monday post, I spent the better part of Sunday afternoon looking for the prompt list for the remaining days of this month-long challenge.
There isn't one.
There is a calendar with the daily post links. But neither the calendar nor the daily links say what the prompt is for the letter each day. When I finally broke down and read the directions, I learned there are no prompts supplied other than the letter of the day.
I may choose my own theme for the challenge, and my theme plus the letter of the day, is my prompt. Or, I may chose no theme at all, and that case, the letter of the day alone is my prompt.
What I mistook for the prompt of the day, was actually part of the title for the A2Z Team post.
Since I've begun the challenge without choosing a theme, and I have too many interests that I could choose from as my theme, I'm choosing to not choose my own theme at all.
Instead, I'm makeing up my own rules. I plan on continuing to use the daily prompt word or phrase of the A2Z Team as my daily writing inspiration--at least as long as their prompts work for me.
At this point, I feel I must provide a disclaimer:
I am in no way part of the A2Z Challenge
Team. Please do not judge them by my posts.
Getting back to their "B" prompt of Beginnings, I have crafted a haiku about beginnings. I realize haiku starts with the letter "H" but when you read my haiku on beginnings, you'll notice it's a bad-haiku. Bad-haiku is my specialty. So haiku really starts with a "B"--at least in my world.
Besides the letter "B" what do beginnings, boo-boos, and bad-haiku all have in common?
Me.
I say that in jest. But it's also true--and I'm okay with it. When it comes to tech-stuff I'm a boo-boo rich environment. But it doesn't stop me from blogging.
And when it comes to haiku, I love the 5-7-5 form, but I don't understand the seasonal reference rule. But that doesn't stop me from writing bad-haiku.
In fact, bad-haiku is my crack. I'm a bad-haiku addict. When I read or hear a 5-7-5 rhythm, I start counting syllables--and I count them for days. Subconsciously I craft responses in 5-7-5.
the rhythym got me
haiku replies in my head
i cant make them stop
(That wasn't it--it was just a 5-7-5.)
Here it is...
thirty days to post
bloggers baring heart and soul
blooming in their craft
And because I'm me, here's another...
a to z challenge
writers blogging every day
giving life to words
(I warned you, once I start I have a hard time stopping.)
Nice haiku. I don't do theme, just whatever comes up. Good luck with the challenge
ReplyDeleteSusanne Living the Dream
Thanks Susanne. Hopefully tonight I'll get a chance to sit down and read some blogs--yours is on the list. Love the title.
DeleteLOL! Boo-boos happen! Glad you're making the best of things :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome to A to Z!
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