I actually found today a challenge more because of distraction and tiredness than anything. When I first read the fortune, I wished I’d gotten it on the 30th, but I came up with something anyway. It’s a type of renga, although it was written all by me, and renga are traditionally written by multiple people.

Hope you enjoy!

It is most gratifying when a goal is achieved through one’s efforts.

Goal!
By Michelle Garren-Flye

plant the seed in spring
and watch the leaves poke and spread
lofty emergence

the farmer watches proudly
life’s devotion gives returns

run hard down the court
heart pounds as focus sharpens
shoot the ball and score

player doubles over, bows
content in success for now 

poetry fills page
an ache in each syllable
captures dreams within

poets appreciate goals
when wild dreams are at their heart