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p style=”font-family:"”>It is November
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p style=”font-family:"”>We focus on gratitude
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p style=”font-family:"”>Growing our soul’s grace
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p style=”font-family:"”>Seems appropriate, the month of Thanksgiving, to focus on gratitude. Today’s haiku sets the stage, reminding us of the value of gratitude, of connection, of interdependence.
Wind’s movement graceful
The earlier fortitude
Now a gentle song
This haiku came to me after reading “Houston Dad Handles Bully Beautifully“.
When facing evil
Focusing fully on grace
Always seek to grow
Grace can accomplish many great things, as it requires courage to step forward in such a way.
I hear Siouxsie Sioux
Burning ash and destruction
Cities in the dust
The music of the 80s speaks to me. So many memories, pain and joy, anguish and exaltation.
We love to quarrel
Satisfied with petty spite
Yet the sun will rise
I’m surrounded by dissention, anger and invective. It makes me want to scream.
There are so many critical discussions, history making decisions that we need to make as a society and as a species.
Why do we seek out, aggressively, so many petty things with which to bicker and squabble over? I watch, time and time again, people waste monumental energy over the minor and leave the critical ignored.
Perhaps it’s easier, and less frightening, to engage with the petty than with the important. It’s also useless.
With deepest rigor
I am always seeking growth
Autumn leaves still fall
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p style=”font-family:"”>Now I grow weary
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p style=”font-family:"”>Of fixing autocorrect
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p style=”font-family:"”>And its bad choices
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p style=”font-family:"”>Thanks for reading. If you enjoyed this little poem, please give it a like and share.And take a look at some my other poems,
A morning journey
Off to the nearby island
With people I love
Spent the morning over in Whidbey Island watching a cross country regional competition. I’ve known many of these kids their whole lives, so there a certain poignancy.
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