Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.” – Brené Brown via Psychologists correlate the attractiveness of authenticit…
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Scarecrow politics seems to be the practice of the day. Brainless comments, accusations, and manipulations are scarecrows in the political arena, hoping to scare away those who would attempt to steal their position and power. With Halloween just around the corner, one wonders what they will dress up like next!
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Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Frank Tassone asked us to do a poem for his Haikai Challenge using the Scarcrow as our prompt. I thought it fit right in with politics so I went there!
Join us at: https://frankjtassone.com/2018/10/13/haikai-challenge-55-10-13-18-scarecrow-kakashi-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/
beyond this day
of forgotten wills
night to darkness cleaves
a canopy of stars
where all
will shine
watching long
the narrow path –
searching familiar skies
grieving still
for one more
only time
how many now
the roads behind –
as promise laid before
a velvet stretch of moss
beneath our toes
the fading sun
reminding us
of all we’ve left to leave
before in some –
another time
we know
. . .
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Sometimes I feel lost Like I am just Wandering through life Aimlessly Day after day Nothing ever changes I take my medications And try to stay awake Walk the dogs Clean Teaka’s run-in Try to …
Source: Nothing Ever Changes ~ A Poem By Walt Page, The Tennessee Poet – Walt’s Writings
The wind whispers to me
Telling me secrets
She feels that I should know
She knows that I’ve been losing sleep
But that’s the way life goes
She tells me of the olden days
When she was condemned to silence
How she cried a million tears
When she saw water turn to wine
She is there each time the eye of night
Slowly swallows the sun
There is magic in her words
I now see what she sees
For I am now her chosen one
The wind whispers to me
~The Tennessee Poet~..
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The Reluctant Poet 