Vanquished Hope ‘tis foolish to think hope doth lives tangible evidence in the trees man keeps taking but never gives forces the forest to its knees balloons released never returned escaped love disappears forever important lessons never learned nourished souls forthcoming never all hope is vanquished despair the new rule shout out in anguish hope […]
The Tall Ship Navigator “Maps and tide tables surrounding me As I chart our course, crossing the sea Captain says we sail at high tide He trusts in me to be the ship’s guide Our dawn departure should unfold fine Assuming the rowdy crew undocks on time “Three months captive here on dry land Soon
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The Men Who Saved The World His name was Nikolai Vavilov Perhaps you’ve never heard of Before the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Seeds required protection from assault Germany invaded Leningrad, 1941 Protecting seeds became job one Refusing to eat seeds, men starved instead So all of humanity could be fed —— Image: Seeds at the
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Just a Dave Mason Song I thought you would spend your life with me But here we go again, it seems we just disagree It feels like we are alone together, a feeling quite bereft Even when you’re not here, it’s like you never left Only you know and I know how much we did
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The Guardian of Time (with audio) At the end of the road At the end of the world There’s a place unknown to most of mankind Where the land falls away Becoming one with Earth’s core Stands the house of the Guardian of Time Outside of his houseIs the water wheel of timeCounting months and
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Cherohala Skyway (a haibun) Destination: Cherohala Skyway. Our morning instructions state it quite clearly. We are to “1) Go to Tellico Plains, Tennessee, find the entrance to the Cherohala Skyway” and then “2) Drive to Robbinsville, North Carolina.” It’s the second day of the Moonshine Mille 2021, a 2-day 1,000-mile road rally that is taking
Jumping the Beltane Fire It’s time to drive the cattle dear To summer pastures high in the hills You light the fire where they now graze I’ll set a fire at the destination I’ll then return to commence the drive As we have a hundred head to move Passing each one through the smoke Protecting
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Cotton cotton standing gracefully against the sky clear blue calms my restless spirit gently reassuring me today life starts anew —— Linked to Linda Kruschke’s Object Poems with Paint Chips where this week the Style is Object Poem and the chosen Paint Chip is Cotton. Linked to Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt #206 where the challenge
Farmer Jones Versus The Rats The rat ran, and he chased after Some disaster He struck his head Now Jones lays dead An eerie quietness surrounds Jones on the ground Animals stare Such sights quite rare Vermin rejoice and celebrate Jones met his fate It’s one and done The rats have won —— Linked to
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Whimsical Anapestic Tetrameter Here I sit in the rain; thoughts run wild through my brain. I can’t sing, I can’t dance, so I write in a trance. Words are words, balderdash, say it loud, say it fast. Speak it soft, speak it slow, not the same, don’t you know. Now I’m done, now I’m through,
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