Thursday, February 28, 2019

Old friends and lollipops

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
~Thomas à Kempis

I'm done with peace poem month! (My "I'm done" song!)

My poem for the last day:

reassuring smile
in the mirror
oldest friend


My poem for Kortney at One Deep Drawer:



Hope
has a
lollipop middle --
a floaty, sticky
swirl of color,
spiral-light.
Have a little lick
and it will lift
you upright.


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TeacherDance has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Linda!

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15 comments:

  1. KatApel - katswhiskers.wordpress.comFebruary 28, 2019 at 9:02 PM

    LOVE! So much conveyed in that last day poem.❤

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  2. Linda BFebruary 28, 2019 at 10:37 PM

    I didn't make it at all, Tabatha. Congratulations on your writing all month for peace. Your final poem is a new idea for me for 'peace', but it is truth. I like your poem for Kortney, too, that 'little lick' is something we all could use.

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  3. Kimberly HutmacherMarch 1, 2019 at 6:13 AM

    Yay for you and completing your month of peace poems! You ended with a gem!

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  4. jan godown anninoMarch 1, 2019 at 10:22 AM

    Congratulations on the peaceful project - I don't think I would have the creativity to bring it home.
    And I like both of these so very much. Especially:

    "Have a little lick
    and it will lift
    you upright."

    So visual a thought & stirs my taste buds, too!

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  5. Donna SmithMarch 1, 2019 at 10:39 AM

    "it will lift
    you upright"
    Another post that lifts the spirits today! And I love yours...peace begins and ends within.

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  6. jamaMarch 1, 2019 at 11:22 AM

    Congrats on finishing peace month. Of course I love the lollipop poem! Your last day poem is perfect too. Yes, oldest friend :).

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  7. Carol VarsalonaMarch 1, 2019 at 2:59 PM

    Tabatha, I have read your hope poem several times to savor a bit delicious line. Peace!

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  8. Margaret SimonMarch 1, 2019 at 7:20 PM

    "Hope has a lollipop middle" is a wonderful line! Such a joy-filled way to describe hope.

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  9. Molly HoganMarch 1, 2019 at 7:56 PM

    Congratulations on finishing peace month! You've created some beautiful poems along the way. This one is great! I love the line Margaret mentioned and also all those "l" and "i" sounds at the end.

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  10. Brenda at FriendlyFairyTalesMarch 2, 2019 at 8:12 AM

    Yum!

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  11. Robyn Hood BlackMarch 2, 2019 at 11:00 PM

    Way to go, Tabatha! That is a beautiful bit of discipline and creativity, to have met your adventurous goal. Thank you for this wonderful, cheering lollipop poem and for the so-true mirror poem - hats off to you!:0)

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  12. Heidi MordhorstMarch 3, 2019 at 6:39 AM

    Tabatha, forgive me for somehow missing the overall purpose of your February posts--such a wide-ranging idea of peace. Your last day poem packs a gut-punch of------
    peace. You are gifted indeed to have your oldest friend be so reassuring.
    I'm sorry to hear that A had to use her Epipen. I hope it worked the way it was supposed to, and I thank you for the illness art posts. See you soon!

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  13. TaraMarch 3, 2019 at 12:13 PM

    That's an enchanting poem, Tabatha - there is sweetness in one's hope for peace.

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  14. Catherine FlynnMarch 3, 2019 at 9:21 PM

    I love the optimism of both of these poems, Tabatha. I need to remind myself about your advice about hope more often. Thank you for sharing!

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  15. Michelle KoganMarch 4, 2019 at 12:01 AM

    Love your lollipop poem Tabatha, it's delicious–and it definately "will lift you upright!" I also liked the peached quote by homas à Kempis, thanks.

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