Arise, my muddled monkey mind!
Do something useful with yourself.
No more distractions will you find;
arise, my muddled monkey mind.
No more delays of any kind—
get back to work, you impish elf.
Arise, my muddled monkey mind.
Do something useful with yourself!
NaPoWriMo, Day 23 prompt: Write a triolet (aka, the form challenge that almost killed me … but it didn’t, so I guess it made me stronger?). Will link for Open Link Night at dVerse Poets. Check it out, if you haven’t already.
Marilyn Rauch Cavicchia 
How many days have I been burdened with the same mind? I chuckled all the way through, nodding in sympathy.
Thank you, Yousei! Facebook and Twitter are great/terrible for the monkey-minded. 🙂
ah but some days its fun to watch the monkeys play…
we are a world of distraction…
Indeed! I was so distracted today, I finally had no choice but to write about it.
The triolet–what a great way to reflect the obsessive, digressive spinning of “monkey mind”! Your poem helps me understand what the triolet for, Marilyn.
Thanks so much, Jennifer! I couldn’t get my mind off how scattered it was and how hard it would be to write a triolet under such conditions. 🙂
My monkey mind jumps when I am trying to quietly do yoga 🙂
Or meditating, for me: “Am I thinking of nothing yet? Is my mind as blank as it should be?”
Exactly 🙂
Ah the muddle ness of ones mind, I can relate 😉 x
Thanks, Poetkatie!
love the alliteration there! Nice one 🙂
Thanks, Mohana!
Lol – How well I know the feeling 🙂
Thanks, M.J. I’m so muddled, I’m only now getting around to replying!
Well done triolet. Ah yes, monkey mind… I know all too well.
Thank you, Todd! I used the repetitiveness to my advantage. 🙂