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Mish and I would like to challenge you to leave a trail of peace this week
photo by Mish
Contrails
We leave a trail
as we pass through
the atmosphere
of each day
The vapors of each
word and action
follow us –
heavy, dark lines
of unkindness
airy stripes of
peace and love
that show our
true direction
Carpe Diem Special #205 – Sara McNulty’s first “tree frog serenade”
hot night
chorus outside my window
tree frog serenade
(c) Sara McNulty
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Here is my attempt inspired by Sara’s haiku
first light
sparrow and finch compete
singing contest
I twirl and pirouette in
a choreography all
my own accompanied
by music unheard by
human ears
down below I see
you peering up at me
in awe of my
aerial ballet
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Today in the Garden, Hannah has us thinking about the awesome natural world.
Day 9 – Transforming With Nature’s Wonders
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sleeping dove
do you dream of
ancient spirits
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Carpe Diem #950 – dreams
in this meeting voices
drone – blah, blah, blah
and my brain engages
in battle
pay attention/
go ahead, doodle
sit up striaght/
love your slings and arrows
take some notes/
your umbrella is so divine
make eye contact/
Oh, flowers!
smile and nod/
geometric shapes, perfect
say something, contribute/
make more circles
at last both sides agree
meeting is adjourned
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Poetic Asides PAD Day 8 – doodle
I didn’t know it but
she was ahead of her time
the other mothers
baked and cleaned
she gave her time
to help the poor
the other mothers
played cards and sewed
she read books and played piano
My mother didn’t
conform to her peers
She taught me well
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Day 8 in the Garden is all about those women who influenced the world with their courage and bravery, the suffragettes, or the women who influenced us.
gray squirrels
in late spring snow
sharing seeds
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Carpe Kiem #949 – companionship
Imagination: a Month of Haiga
confused by traffic signals
and one way streets
she longs for a
dusty country road
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Poetic Asides PAD 7
“urban ________”
the gentle moon peeked in
smiled at me
sang me a lullaby
the morning sun appeared
shook me awake
without sweet song
tonight I’ll draw the drapes
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De is tending bar at d’Verse Poets Pub and has challenged us to write a
Sevenling. Here’s my attempt.
I wear your friendship
like a bracelet of multi-
colored gems that
catch the light
reflecting the best
in me and
I am more beautiful
because of it
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Day 7 in the Garden is all about “bracelets”
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