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Poetic Ticket

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Poetic license?

Can just anyone get one

or only poets?

~

Poetic license

is free to every writer,

yet all freedom has a price.

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Tagged free, freedom, poetic license, poetry, poets, price, ticket

Aug·31

License to Bloom?

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Should we consider

the thoughts of blooming lilies

as base poetic license?

~

Perhaps not the thoughts

of lilies but the thoughts of

 my  blooming fellow poet…

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Aug·30

Blooming Lilies 

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When you consider

the lilies of the field, what

might you ask? What might you learn?

~

Why do you bloom here,

this inhospitable place?

Why, in sorrow, beauty blooms.

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Tagged beauty, duty, grief, joy, sorrow

Aug·29

Real Magic

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When things look darkest,

what high magic do you cast

to illuminate your path?

~

The magic of friends’

listening ears and caring

hearts brightens the darkest path.

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Tagged darkness, illumination, magic

Aug·28

Legislating Nature

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When even Einstein

says knowledge must be paired with

thoughtful care, who can argue?

~

Wise fools and con men

leap immediately forth,

along with politicians.

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Tagged grace, noblesse oblige, power, self-control, wisdom

Aug·27

Tender Testaments

Posted by 2garrabrants

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And what are these aches?

Pains to plague remaining days?

Trophies of bygone triumphs?

~

Tender testaments,

these aches and pains – trophies that

 only the living can hold.

~

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Aug·26

Sequential Thresholds

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Now that you’ve passed through

fifty’s door what have

you found on the other side?

~

Mostly, more of the

same that greeted forty’s door,

except with more aches and pains.

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Aug·25

Eyes Of The Beholder

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When our children stand

to toddle away, do we

chase after or watch them go?

~

Where we see toddlers

they see young adults who wish

we’d see their maturity.

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Aug·24

Seeking Structure

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Should we abandon

these questions about questions

and go looking for some rhymes?

~

Like rhymes, our reasons

for asking all these questions;

to chime the passing seasons.

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Tagged passing, questions, rhymes, seasons

Aug·23

Eternal Hubris

Posted by 2garrabrants

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And not only that,

why do we provide answers

for unasked questions?

~

That answer is easy.

Our vanity compels us

to scatter our thoughts widely.

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Tagged answers, ego, hubris, questions, vanity

Aug·22

Eternal Quest

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Related question:

Why do we ask those questions

to which we don’t want answers?

~

We do want answers,

but only the kind that are

music to our ears.

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Aug·21

A Seeker’s Lament

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Why do we humans

insist on asking questions

that have no answers?

~

All answers exist,

even if we lack the means

to ask the question clearly.

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Aug·20

Multiple Choice

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When the rising sun

pierces the hazy morning,

why must we rise to meet it?

~

To rise or not to

rise? If that’s the question, I’ll

have to go with rise.

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Tagged morning, rising

Aug·19

Labors of Love

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Just this once, couldn’t

pesky weeds and fast growing

grass take a vacation too?

~

They would not wish to

rob us of our secret joy;

the zen state of garden care.

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Tagged gardening, grass, weeds, Zen

Aug·18

Familiarity

Posted by 2garrabrants

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And so we return

to the old familiar grind.

Why do we rejoice?

~

It’s strange, isn’t it,

how familiiarity

sometimes breeds content.

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Aug·17

Homely Welcome

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Can anything beat

being welcomed home by tail

wagging, joyous pets?

~

A silent evening,

perhaps? Or maybe just an

old, familiar bed?

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Tagged comfort, home, welcome

Aug·16

Worth A Try

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Weekend’s arrival;

Does it presage promise of

toil or tranquility?

~

Wouldn’t it be great,

if toil it is, we could

do so with tranquility?

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Tagged labor, loafing, slug, soldier, toil, tranquitliy, warrior, weekend

Aug·15

Preserving Gain

Posted by 2garrabrants

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How best to handle

the inevitable surge

of work when vacation ends?

~

Just buckle down and

put your nose to the grindstone?

Or, just take another week!

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Tagged dread, healing, rest, vacation, work

Aug·14

A Necessary Clarification

Posted by 2garrabrants

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After sedation,
and the kids have gone to bed,
what should parents do?

~

My son, to answer
this, I’d have to know who has
been sedated, them or you.

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Tagged kids, merits, parents, sedation

Aug·13

A Balanced Approch

Posted by 2garrabrants

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What is the shortest 

path to equanimity

on rainy days at the beach?

~

Lithium, of course

is lickity split, but beer,

in a pinch, will turn the trick.

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Tagged calm, kids, rain, vacation

Aug·12

Surfing For Pleasure

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Well, the weather is

over us, so shall we see

whether the pleasure’s at sea?

~

The pleasure’s right here

 in the boat of our hearts as

 we ride weather’s waves.

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Tagged pleasure, vacation, weather, whether

Aug·11

Boundless Bindings

Posted by 2garrabrants

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After a few days

of family vacation,do

you feel bonded or just bound?

~

Bonded by boundless

affection is family,

But also bound by duty.

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Aug·10

Home Alone

Posted by 2garrabrants

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So we’re here, away.

Did we escape our troubles,

Or did we pack them along?

~

For a short while

we’ve packed them away and left

that suitcase back home.

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Aug·09

Endless Races

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Any advice for

 old-timers trying not to

 run out of patience or time?

~

Grace, patience, and time;

Races without finish lines.

You’re winning if you’re running.

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Aug·08

Taking Leave

Posted by 2garrabrants

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As time approaches

to take a vacation break,

how best to get away clean?

~

Clean getaways are

nice, but sometimes it’s fine

to only air out our minds.

 

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Tagged break, clean, escape, vacation

Aug·07

Fondest Family Foibles… err… Fables

Posted by 2garrabrants

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In the end, my son,

what will you remember most

when I am finally toast?

~

I’d love to say wit

but, in truth, it’s likely “checks”

that will linger long beyond…

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Tagged epics, fables, families, foibles, memories, sagas, tales

Aug·06

Beyond Fear

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When we stand our ground

and insist upon our rights,

must we fear how we’re perceived?

~

Possibly we can

find a way to do so that

doesn’t create fear.

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Tagged determination, fear, image, perception, right, will

Aug·05

Certain Knowledge

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Is it possible

for a teen to acknowledge

a parent may know some things?

~

When I was thirteen

I knew it all; happily,

I’ve grown dumber since.

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Tagged age, certainty, knowledge, vision, wisdom, youth

Aug·04

Seeking Safety

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When is betrayal

really self-preservation

hidden in awful disguise?

~

Ah, and there’s the rub.

Faced with such a question, one

seeks the safety of context.

   

 

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Tagged betrayal, disguise, safety

Aug·03

Rising Tides

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When the moon grows full,

is everyone stirred or just

mad men and lovers?

~

Subconscious oceans,

just like terrestrial seas,

feel the tidal pull.

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Tagged hearts, minds, moons, tides

Aug·02

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