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Trusty Connection

Gotta trust people – can’t know everythin’. Senses unreliable – not omnipotent. But who to trust – and who not – can’t know. So what to do? Gotta go by gut – gut says connection. Together is better, learn from one another. Knowledge accumulation: millennia of jenga blocks – some fallen, many standin’. Doctors not born – with life-savin’ knowledge – they learn from…

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Silent Sunday

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Great Blue Heron Nests

Today, a writing prompt on Bluesky from Malachy Moran inspired me to write a set of four cinquain poems on a wildlife phenomenon where I live. The Great Blue Herons choose a very surprising territory to lay their eggs. Please enjoy my second attempt at cinquains: Safetyis relative.The wise great blue heronlays eggs in the safest harbourthey know.Nest thievesavoid this lair -except for the…

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Wordless Wednesday

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Commencement: A Butterfly Cinquain

Change can be terrifying, even when it is beautiful. The following is my contribution this week for Tanka Tuesday: Commencement Lightning,swift and searing,transforms the horizon.Dusk devours the flare and frets inthunder -what is beyond this fleeting gleam?Forever altered sky.Light can carve scarsthat forgeFiery Sun Song

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Honest, assertive, loving acceptance

What quality do you value most in a friend? I am old enough to have had many friends come and go, and to see what lasts. Acceptance My friends must accept my social timer, and I must accept theirs. Otherwise, misplaced expectations will wrench us apart. Assertive honesty Less time is wasted when we just say what we need and want, refuse what we can not offer, and negotiate compromise with…

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#WordlessWednesday

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We Tarry: A Seox Poem #TankaTuesday

We tarry.Bide before the world transforms.How? We can't yet fathom,save that it will moultits noxious shellto sunrise.Fiery Sun Song For TankaTuesday.com

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Best at Beginning

What are you good at? My list of skills looks far more impressive than the reality… Have you heard the term “Jack of all trades, master of none”? Well, I literally got my Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies – so perhaps I could say I am a master at being a master of none. 😅 My passions sometimes feel endless, so I have learned the basics of far more skills and hobbies than I could…

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Your Body Demands to be Known

In his 2019 poem, “Embodied Animal“, Josh Mittledorf dryly decried the isolation of the brain: “From brain I’m loathe to separate … So long as I am “better”, I can be … Depleted, dim and lifeless effigy … Miserably anxious, numb and effete …” Josh is just one of many embodied folks that understand that ‘mind over matter’ can do more damage than it fixes. In fact, what so many Eastern and…

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#SenHaiSaturday

Senryu Freyr flirts with Njörd bypainting them both in pastels -Njörd swells with delight. Haiku The sea cries in waves,Sky in cirrocumulus:Harmonic heartache. Annie Spratt – Unsplash.com SenHai Saturday #6

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All Books Are Blue

You grew up in a large house, seemingly wanting for nothing. Homeschooled with other kids and taken on many field trips – you never felt sheltered, only pampered. Your home library was vast and beautiful, with many different sections, full of so many azure, cerulean, cornflower, cyan, and navy jackets. Your friends all marveled at your assortment of books and asked to borrow them constantly. You…

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Wordless Wednesday

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Opportunistic Hibiscus #TankaTuesday

Sol's gaze is grantedThe hibiscus curls in blissthat cheeky ombrerecalls feverish tonic,the kind that propogates©️Fiery Sun Song Opportunistic Hibiscus (kigo: hibiscus) TankaTuesday.com

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I came across this amazing piece on WordPress that just drops you into a full moment of quiet and gentle sensation, and felt moved to share.

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Urgent, Gentle Guidance

Numberless seduced astray,ensnared in somatic seamsSome motives remaining warmamid mounting mind mistrustFamily, friends, even foes fold -fencing in faithfulnessWhen wisdom awakens,whole wights twinge and wailAffections and essentials areshackled, entangledPanic sensors insight,nerves narcotizedIt is naive to believethey'll leave with mere convincingOnly hubris holds the brainas whole, absent the…

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My First Word Was No

My parents laughed about how stubborn I was when I was little, instead of fearing it. I now appreciate, more than ever, the agency that gave me. What if they only accepted a yes? Where would I be? I can only imagine … I would have learned that pride comes from pleasing my leaders, not myself. I would have learned to trust without question. I would second-guess all my thoughts until an idol…