Ego and Vanity are not becoming!!!
Day: February 27, 2020
Both: strong and weak
Where our greatest strengths are
There are also our greatest weaknesses
DidiArtist, 04.12.2018
#Tanka: Breathe
slowing a heart beat
enlightenment between breaths
tranquil resting place
where horizon and land meet
under an apricot sky
Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge No. 166- Theme Prompt
Nothing is Permanent
I was sad to receive word last week that that my childhood neighbor had passed away at age 94. He was such a creative and talented man and father of a my childhood friend and playmate. When I saw him two years ago, he still had many good memories to share. It reminded me once again of the impermanence of life.
It has been over fifty years since I lived next door in my childhood home, which now gives the impression of impermanence as you can see. This evening Merril, at d’Verse Poets Pub, asked us to write a poem that reflects on the significance of impermanence.
Nature reminds us
Everything in life changes;
The sun still rises.
But houses deteriorate;
And good friends and neighbors die.
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Photo: Dwight L. Roth
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Damaged goods #Poetry #Divorce #Journey
A stigma around divorcees
Like every marriage must work out
Till death do us part
The sacred vow
A bond for a lifetime
Inseparable
Together forever
It’s all too simple
There is no room for the messiness of real life
Broken hearts
Broken relationships
Broken homes
Broken
I don’t know anyone who is whole
I haven’t met anyone without a past
Finding a perfect partner is a fantasy
A pipe dream to put off what scares you
Getting back up
Back in the game
For me, I made some bad mistakes
I am far from perfect
I don’t have it all put together
What I do have is awareness
I know my flaws
I can see my sin
I recognize my struggles
I have learned from this
I am different now
I dare say I have changed
What now?
I don’t know what the future holds
I will show up…
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Today’s Quote
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life
and repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all:
“This, too, shall pass.”
~ Ann Landers ~
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Hard Work
Work hard
we are told
this is good
but no one says
in the end
“Gee, I wish
I had worked
more!”
circus of survival
On the Lake #Haiga #Haiku #Poetry
In the Fall
Deciduous trees enclose
Lake of reflection
© 2018 Jason A. Muckley
This one would have been a great poem to include in my newly released book of poetry: “Seasons of Nature,” available now on Amazon!
The book is broken up into the four seasons and how each time of the year feels different and speaks different things about our existence and the world we live in.
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each day tomorrow
nameless angel
changeless angel
I met you when we
were only 17
still after all
these years
you fly like
each day tomorrow
is the first day
of your life
life rolls on
from day to day
no different than
when we were 17
The Reluctant Poet 