
if only…
consider Gaia’s cycling days
her seasons gently yield and flow
no forced succession, letting go,
no power struggles, coups, or frays
if only men could learn her ways
and realize all things must end
in order to emerge again
if only we could just be still
and listen to the wind and chill
perhaps our enmity might mend
there’s no calm, no eye
‘midst the tempests formed by men
only destruction
~kat
A combined response to Ronovan’s challenges this week. The Décima (Prompt word STILL/D-Line Rhyme./ abba-accddc) and the Haiku (Prompt words CALM and STORM /Tempest).
October 1st, 2020 at 5:21 pm
Live this Kat 💜
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October 1st, 2020 at 6:07 pm
Thank you Willow!
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October 1st, 2020 at 6:11 pm
A pleasure 💜
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October 1st, 2020 at 5:51 pm
I think I must have met this poem in another life. It seemed so (I was going to say familiar, but that is not right) at home in my head!
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October 1st, 2020 at 6:05 pm
How serendipitous! ❤️
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October 5th, 2020 at 12:31 am
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October 5th, 2020 at 4:13 pm
I like the ebb and flow of this, Kat. It’s really nice.
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October 20th, 2020 at 5:26 pm
Thank you. It is a lovely form.
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October 7th, 2020 at 12:32 am
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