Sudden change is hard
to assimilate. We must
be gentle, give ourselves time.
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Given enough time,
that sudden change we’re facing
will, most surely, change again.
Sudden change is hard
to assimilate. We must
be gentle, give ourselves time.
~
Given enough time,
that sudden change we’re facing
will, most surely, change again.
Some purse their lips to
kiss and others purse their lips
to show extreme displeasure.
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The same lungs we use
to whisper we holler with;
the intent governs the act.
How many sheepdogs
does it take to safely herd
one myopic ewe?
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Apparently it’s
two, especially when that old
myopic ewe has no clue.
When judging ourselves,
do we value what we do
over who we are?
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What we do and how
we do it, reveals who we
are to ourselves and others.
Even the pets felt
today’s heat and showed they much
preferred air conditioning.
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Meanwhile, I spent
my day proving that adage
‘about mad dogs and Englishmen.
A cool gentle breeze
may be all I desire;
I get hurricane warnings.
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When the new normal
is hurricanes, a gentle
breeze seems too much to hope for.
I hope the gently
falling rain will wash away
the cares of the day.
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Falling water
may wash pollen from the air,
but can not resolve all cares.
Traveling up north,
I find Cicadas galore,
risen from millions of holes!
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Though their journey took
much longer than yours, they stayed
the course, arrived with a song.
I pick up a pen,
make a mark on the paper,
create a wordless poem.
~
Why bother with pens,
or paper for that matter,
since we write with electrons?
Sometimes it may seem
the world is conspiring
to keep you under its thumb.
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Laughter can loosen
the world’s hold and refresh our
worrisome, world weary hearts.
In that time after
the sharp bite of blaming words,
let’s practice self care.
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So that we may be
better able to curtail
our acerbic impulses.
Tonight two poets
collaborated to craft
an insurance document…
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When there’s more reason
than rhyme, poets go into
a sullen decline.
Let’s not focus so
much on the weeds that we fail
to see the flowers.
~
What some may call weeds
are, in truth, simply flowers
which refuse to stay in beds.
How do you confront
paranoid conspiracies
in the unreasonable?
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If you want to give
the impossible a try,
begin with understanding.
Three car accidents
in our family in one week!
Makes one wonder what is up.
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Call it bad Karma
or kismet, fate, or bad luck,
it’s certainly worth a miss!
There’s something about
the stories we choose to share
when we’re meeting someone new.
~
Ah, the stories we
tell say more about us than
we, perhaps, mean to reveal.
So grateful to have
your calm presence after my
scary encounter with spin.
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Cultivating grace
in the maelstrom of chaos
is a means of survival.
Slim moony sliver
racing the Sun and Venus
into the western gloaming.
~
There is much action
in the evening sky if we‘d
only take the time to look.
After a hard day
the setting sun can provide
a much needed soft closing.
~
Soft evening breezes
that accompany sunset
ease hard working muscle aches.
Time for Adulting.
Come, my son, to IKEA.
Let us purchase you a dresser.
~.
It’s so amazing
to discover these basic
ways of maintaining order.
It is more common
to search than to allow what
we’re looking for to find us.
~
Seems most commonly
that things looking to find us
are not things we’re searching for.
The slow drizzling rain
at day’s end can not dampen
the day’s earlier pleasure.
~
It can’t interfere
with my evening’s planned pleasure
since it will take place indoors.
Hurry up and wait
seems to summarize my life!
Glad I don’t bore easily.
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Not by design, but
a balance is struck without
you even trying.
Rain drops glisten on
Juniper berries as sun
begins to smile.
~
And after sunset,
moistened Juniper berries
refresh deer, fox, and rabbit.
Mood is directly
proportional to wellness.
This vaccine degrades them both.
~
A short term loss, but
a long term gain – surely worth
temporary discomfort.
In our culture we
tend to emphasize speed, but
slowing down is what we need.
~
There’s no need for speed.
Unless you’re in a hurry
to become a feast for worms.
Sometimes when we try
to protect somebody else,
we do them a disservice.
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Discernment is key,
and that often means giving
yourself some time to reflect.
Toward day’s end, the light
of the sun played on the pond
and trees, bringing much delight.
~
Those playful sunbeams,
illuminating the depths,
turn caracoles with sunfish.
Left on the table
Forgotten in the chaos
Over there, by the playground.
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So lonely it looks,
this hat without a wearer,
sadly left behind.
Though interested in
the scampering squirrel, my dog
found poop more to his liking.
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Trying though he might,
he’s finding it challenging
to roll around in the squirrel.