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    Thanks, Danik, for dropping by and leaving your wonderful footprints

    Try to live in harmony with people and nature


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    If You're a Purple-blue Lavender

    If you're a purple-blue lavender
    in full bloom,
    sending invitations to the butterfly
    will be like carrying coals to Newcastle~
    They'll come flying around unerringly.
    Notwithstanding,
    how could my poem keep giving forth fragrance
    in a thousand years?
    When one day
    you're faded and no more scented
    like my monotonous poetry,
    who'll bother to drop by
    and read a page or two.

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    Enjoyed these last two poems.
    Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
    ~Albert Einstein

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    Enjoyed this last one very much too. I have the feeling that your poetry has matured.
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danik 2016 View Post
    Enjoyed this last one very much too. I have the feeling that your poetry has matured.
    Thanks, Danik, for dropping by again and your kind praise which sure inspires and encourages me to pen more

    Try to live in harmony with people and nature


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    Midsummer Typhoon


    You're most welcome
    when bringing with you
    abundant summer rain
    to cool down
    the sweltering hot afternoon a bit;
    I don't even mind
    you flood the streets of my town
    or blow my roof off
    as long as you never lay a finger
    on the tender green weeping willow
    near the little river;
    she's been my bride since time immemorial,
    forever young and elegant.
    If you do,
    you wreak havoc not only on
    her long silky hair
    but also on a world of fantasy.


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    Gleaners


    In the evening,
    I was surprised to see
    the rice in the fresh green paddy
    was already harvested
    even before it dawned on me
    that the typhoon Maria
    was expected to hit,
    in a couple of day,
    this paradise island, Formosa.
    And I found no humble gleaners
    but fine feathered songbirds,
    busy silently collecting grains
    strewn here and there in the field.
    Perchance,
    they have to labor, like me,
    to make a living
    from hand to mouth;
    Hence,
    can't be fully engaged in singing
    tunefully and soulfully
    every so often.



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    I loved these last two poems, angli!
    Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
    ~Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiz_paws View Post
    I loved these last two poems, angli!
    Thanks, kiz, for your encouragement which did magic to my muse

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiz_paws View Post
    I loved these last two poems, angli!
    Thanks, kiz, for your encouragement which did magic to my muse

    Try to live in harmony with people and nature


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    No News

    Dear amigo,

    I haven't heard from you in ages,
    and since you live hundreds of miles away.
    I'm eager to know~
    has the leafy path leading to your hometown
    been resplendent with different types of flowers yet?
    If you don't complain to me of the falling petals
    that are strewing everywhere and covering the ground,
    I'll never complain to you of the sunset glow
    that I miss in the evening
    when I take a walk in the park.

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    Lovely, Angli.
    I always enjoy your descriptions of nature.
    Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
    ~Albert Einstein

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    Thanks, kiz, for your support again and again. You know a good poem is hard to come by. It needs not only inspiration but also encouragements from lots of supporters

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    No Longer Gleaning


    Since there're only a few grains left,
    and there're too many fine feathered friends,
    competing with one another for the delicacies,
    I decide to take a rest~
    no longer burying myself in gleaning,
    but appreciating the serene field after harvesting.
    Anyway,
    eating too much makes me dizzy and ugly.
    Why don't I just meditate for some time
    to clear my mind?
    Maybe later,
    I'll come up with an inspirational song or something
    from the ordinary countryside at the moment.

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    Yes, good poems are indeed difficult to come by ... which is the reason that I rarely post one here, lol (unless you are talking about Lymericks or Haiku).

    Keep posting, my friend. Your words are a welcome sight.
    Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
    ~Albert Einstein

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