Magnificent Seven March Challenge
Well, I hadn't really planned on responding to this challenge. But the muse struck regardless.
The Poem Challenge by Beth
Nope, it's not to write a poem, but to base a story around one. Pick
a long one, short one, old one, or a new one…heck, use one of your
own, which would be great. Don't include the poem in your story…this
isn't about that. Do, however, post the poem (please include the
author's name, book title, and the publisher) at the end, just so the
readers can read your inspiration. Pick any AU, as long as you have
permission, or create a new one!
Have fun!
Title: The Wanderer
Author: Jenifer Davis
Universe: OW
Main Character: Josiah's POV
Archive: yes, will add to my page later
Spoilers: not really, pre-first season
Rating: PG
Notes: See poem below
Disclaimer: Don't own anything, see this
The Wanderer
by Jenifer Davis, or Zelda Ophelia, or something like that...
I know a lot of people wondered why I decided to stay here, instead of moving on. And they all scoffed when I started my repairs on this old building. I understand that, it seems that no sooner do I get one thing fixed something else falls apart.
But this is where I'm supposed to be, this is where my road has lead. I've been many places and each of them has called to me, guiding my feet in their direction. I've created my own trails through the wilds or the world, forged my own paths as I travel on. And when I arrived here, the other voices stopped calling me.
This old church did instead.
Some may say I've given up, by remaining here. Others say I should give up on this old church.
I just say that my road has decided to pause here for a while. It will lead on, but then I'll not walk alone.
The Way
Edwin Muir
Friends, I have lost the way.
The way leads on.
Is there another way?
The way is one.
I must retrace the track.
It's lost and gone.
Back, I must travel back!
None goes there, none.
Then I'll make here my place,
(The road runs on)
Stand still and set my face,
(The road leaps on)
Stay here, for ever stay.
None stays here, none
I cannot find the way.
The way leads on.
Oh the places I have passed!
That journeys done.
And what will come at last?
The road leads on.
From Ornaments of Fire (The World's Best 101 Short Poems and Fragments). Selected and edited by Edd Wheeler. Published by Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, 1994.
The Poem Challenge by Beth
Nope, it's not to write a poem, but to base a story around one. Pick
a long one, short one, old one, or a new one…heck, use one of your
own, which would be great. Don't include the poem in your story…this
isn't about that. Do, however, post the poem (please include the
author's name, book title, and the publisher) at the end, just so the
readers can read your inspiration. Pick any AU, as long as you have
permission, or create a new one!
Have fun!
Title: The Wanderer
Author: Jenifer Davis
Universe: OW
Main Character: Josiah's POV
Archive: yes, will add to my page later
Spoilers: not really, pre-first season
Rating: PG
Notes: See poem below
Disclaimer: Don't own anything, see this
The Wanderer
by Jenifer Davis, or Zelda Ophelia, or something like that...
I know a lot of people wondered why I decided to stay here, instead of moving on. And they all scoffed when I started my repairs on this old building. I understand that, it seems that no sooner do I get one thing fixed something else falls apart.
But this is where I'm supposed to be, this is where my road has lead. I've been many places and each of them has called to me, guiding my feet in their direction. I've created my own trails through the wilds or the world, forged my own paths as I travel on. And when I arrived here, the other voices stopped calling me.
This old church did instead.
Some may say I've given up, by remaining here. Others say I should give up on this old church.
I just say that my road has decided to pause here for a while. It will lead on, but then I'll not walk alone.
The Way
Edwin Muir
Friends, I have lost the way.
The way leads on.
Is there another way?
The way is one.
I must retrace the track.
It's lost and gone.
Back, I must travel back!
None goes there, none.
Then I'll make here my place,
(The road runs on)
Stand still and set my face,
(The road leaps on)
Stay here, for ever stay.
None stays here, none
I cannot find the way.
The way leads on.
Oh the places I have passed!
That journeys done.
And what will come at last?
The road leads on.
From Ornaments of Fire (The World's Best 101 Short Poems and Fragments). Selected and edited by Edd Wheeler. Published by Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, 1994.