Write Your Life!: Poem-a-Day:The Joys of Walking

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Poem-a-Day:The Joys of Walking

The Joys of Walking

Walking:

Challenge now, with

Creaky knees, stiff movement,

Yet on good days what a joy to

Move, explore, observe the city, see life!

Memories all around me as

I amble on, ponder

All I see while

Walking.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Marlys,

I can equate w/ the "creaky knees"!
But, until ALL the snow is melted, i don't dare venture outside. Besides, unlike Chicago, there ain't much to see in Beecher. Heck, the airport mentioned 40 years ago is still farmer's cornfield.
W.; March 29, 2008 at 2:05 PM
seniorwriter said...: Thanks, Walt. I haven't done much walking lately, but there's plenty to see here. The snow is gone, too, but it's been a tough winter.; March 29, 2008 at 6:19 PM

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I live on the thirty-fifth floor of a senior highrise on Chicago's Gold Coast. I retired in 1999 after 40 years in the English Department of Wilbur Wright College, on Chicago's Northwest Side, where I was department chair for 7 years and Wright's Distinguished Service Professor for 1995-96.

In late 2005, I found myself retired, widowed, 73, and depressed, so I set out to find contentment through reflection and writing. My first published book, Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor (2006), is a series of personal essays recounting that quest and some of the experiences that came before it. My second is Seniorwriting: A Brief Guide for Seniors Who Want to Write (2007). My third is poetry, Elder Expectations: My Life in Rictameters (2008). My writing also includes a column for eGenerations.com.

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