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Choose Your Ride

Posted by agarrabrant

0

Fretting and Fuming

does get us somewhere, but it’s

seldom where we want to go.

~

Those old Zen masters

seemed to have the right of it;

“Let go… or be dragged along.”

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Apr·30

Looking Back

Posted by agarrabrant

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There is no good time,

twenty, fifty, or ninety,

to lose a beloved friend.

~

But there was a good

time to form great memories

together and that we did.

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Apr·29

That Which Endures

Posted by agarrabrant

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Let’s take advantage

of these warm, sun-lit Spring days

and soak ourselves in beauty.

~

Beauty provides warmth

and a glow all of its own

regardless of the weather.

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Apr·28

Obligation And Beyond

Posted by agarrabrant

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Just because you want,

in no way obligates me

to satisfy your craving.

~

Not obligation,

but love makes us want to give

those we love what they might wish.

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Apr·27

Discernment

Posted by agarrabrant

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Reaching out matters,

but sometimes its best to first

reach within and find what’s there.

~

Who we find inside

will help us when selecting

those we choose to invite in.

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Apr·26

Policies and Practices

Posted by agarrabrant

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Always. Honesty

is the only policy

with some enduring value.

~

Honesty joined with

compassion does not have an

expiration date.

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Apr·25

Classical Conditioning

Posted by agarrabrant

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My dog thinks he is

training me and it could be

that he is quite right.

~

Behaviorism!

Dogs drool so Pavlov rings bell.

It, pretty much, works both ways.

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Apr·24

Comfort Matters

Posted by agarrabrant

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How we seek comfort,

when in the throes of illness,

speaks volumes about our selves.

~

How we give comfort

to those who are suffering

speaks volumes about us too.

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Apr·23

Maching a Machery of Time

Posted by agarrabrant

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Sometimes time seems to

move so fast, we are finished

before we even begin.

~

Something the Concorde

reveled in while flying west-

Landing before it took off.

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Apr·22

Out Of Whack

Posted by agarrabrant

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Don’t advise me to

await a time, with patience

while demanding work from me!

~

Often what we tell

others to give is that which

we ourselves withhold.

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Apr·21

Animal Oddities

Posted by agarrabrant

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Human enigmas

are everywhere to be found

but dog’s not so much.

~

Canine enigmas,

although as rare as hounds teeth,

do, from time to time, occur.

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Apr·20

Light Matters

Posted by agarrabrant

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Daylight surrenders,

with grudging ambivalence,

to a chilly spring evening.

~

Soon the moon will rise

and shed a whole new light on

the situation.

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Apr·19

Vernal Promises

Posted by agarrabrant

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New green of Spring reminds

us – we always have a chance

to begin again.

~

And temperate snows

of falling cherry blossoms

promise warming hearts.

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Apr·18

The Way of Mondos

Posted by agarrabrant

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Mondos come and they

go. Sometimes neither poet

is present or in the flow.

~

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Apr·17

What Sticks

Posted by agarrabrant

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What is remembered

depends on who is doing

the remembering.

~

Sometimes an event,

significant for one, is

commonplace for another.

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Apr·16

In All Kinds Of Weather

Posted by agarrabrant

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Rain on Sakura

never fails to foster joy

like some anodyne to gloom.

~

Cherry blossoms shine

and shimmer, giving a lift

to inner terrain.

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Apr·15

Feasts for Eyes and Souls

Posted by agarrabrant

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At sunset the light

takes on a more golden hue

as closings can sometimes do.

~

The golden hour

yields gracefully to gloaming

bringing photographers joy.

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Apr·14

Woodland Wonders

Posted by agarrabrant

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Dogwoods and Sweet Haw

illuminate the woodlands

with startling dappled white.

~

Our eyes widen in

gratitude for them and all

the wonders of Spring.

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Apr·13

Toro’s Terror

Posted by agarrabrant

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Tiny flowers shine

in the sun, having

defied the first lawn mowing.

~

No kings to foil;

so potentilla settles

for confounding lawn mowers.

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Apr·12

Poems And Pictures

Posted by agarrabrant

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Poetry captures

all those things that pictures can’t

in less than a thousand words.

~

Photographers might

say that pictures are a form

of visual poetry.

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Apr·11

Best Teachers

Posted by agarrabrant

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A love of learning

is fine. Applying what’s learned

is even better.

~

Applying lessons

that are learned too easily

is often impossible.

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Apr·10

Plant Lovers Beware

Posted by agarrabrant

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Regarding flora,

Japanese Wisteria

in Bamboo screams invasive!

~

That’s double trouble

for sure, but why must they look

so good together?

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Apr·09

States Of Mind

Posted by agarrabrant

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It won’t be long til

the heat we longed for becomes

more than we asked for.

~

Perceptions of heat,

much like perceptions of cold,

are largely state dependent.

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Apr·08

Spring Montage

Posted by agarrabrant

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Startling fuchsia

Redbuds, contrasting sharply

beside chartreuse new spring leaves.

~

There’s a place for each

and each is distinctly its

quite colorful self.

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Apr·07

Perpetual Motion

Posted by agarrabrant

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If I could, I would

get off this rollercoaster

and drift on calm seas.

~

Do you crave demise?

This ride doesn’t stop until

entropy takes you!

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Apr·06

A Walk In The Woods

Posted by agarrabrant

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Walking in the woods

on this balmy spring evening,

saddened by scattered debris.

~

Nature’s loveliness

marred by human carelessness –

a sad reminder…

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Apr·05

Mudita Despite The Struggle

Posted by agarrabrant

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Watching my dog sniff

the air and ground with eager

curiosity, I grin.

~

My grin is somewhat

bittersweet, given recent

inevitabilities.

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Apr·04

April Pleasure

Posted by agarrabrant

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Hosts of heathern hues,

vernal, vibrant and vital,

adorn all ambler’s acres.

~

Sauntering through such

a lively display of green –

a springtime bonus.

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Apr·03

Letting The Murk Settle

Posted by agarrabrant

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Time and distraction

can give us the distance

to see more clearly.

~

Everyone needs space

to find a clear perspective

amidst such obfuscation

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Apr·02

Doggonit

Posted by agarrabrant

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I know; change is hard,

but there’s one old blogging dog

that taught this pup some new tricks!

~

This old blogging dog

was forced to learn new tricks

by an upstart pup.

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Apr·01

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