Calming Cooling Current
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Tubing slowly
Down the cool creek
Heat break we seek
Relaxation
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Cannot rush this
Exploration
Culmination
At rocky shore
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Author: kvsalisbury
July 2
Croak
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Hiding, cooling, feeding, resting
Ambush in camouflage
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(An attempt at a Kural Poem)
July 1
No Need for Seymour
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Curvaceous evolution
In chartreuse and burgundy stripes
Beguiling and self-sufficient
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Insects find tubes irresistible
Sweet nectar filled death trap
Slippery, treacherous, efficient
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Silent still tropical carnivore
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Exciting, beautiful, mysterious
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(An Indrisos Poem)
June 30
Pressing Pause
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We are all so busy
At least that’s what we say
It’s how we spend the day
We are all so busy
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Saying yes without delay
So careless with our time
Intriguing paradigm
Saying yes without delay
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Would it not be sublime
Daily to take a pause
And say no just because
Would it not be sublime
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We are all so busy
At least that’s what we say
It’s how we spend the day
We are all so busy
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top photo by @the021439 cjf
June 29
Learning a New Language
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While you’re planting a plant
Have you stopped to ponder
That this plant can’t wander?
What we can do it can’t
Thought its roots run rampant
It will not live yonder.
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Why did you plant me here
Among these thugs and brutes
Where soil’s bad for my roots
Branches eaten by deer
Blooms hidden by those near
Oh why can’t I uproot?
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What do plants have to say
About our garden display?
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June 28
Cheers
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A toast to Conservatory beers
Hot house, cold beers – cheers!
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June 27
Summer Afternoon Lake Paddle
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On the water
Tranquility
Going with the flow
Exploring nooks
Reflections, reflecting, making waves, floating, gliding, moving silently
Paddle dips, left side, right side
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June 26
Meditation
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Hiking is my meditation
Moving feet
Steady mind
Patterns in footfalls and birdsongs
Pause
Breathe in
Tiny flowers
Breathe out
Expansive Views
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(A Byte Poem)
June 25
Art at the Tire Shop
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I found art in the local tire store
While waiting for four new wheels and rear brakes
I have to wait, what more can I ask for?
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What’s hidden inside is a mystery
It’s original form is history
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Now a focal piece and a chair no more
Was the start of this a small mistake?
Or has the creator done this before?
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You can find art in the strangest places
Beyond museums and display spaces
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What artwork do I miss as I explore
Gathering groceries, addressing toothaches
Adding some excitement to what may bore
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I need to live with my eyes open wide
Just never knowing where beauty does hide
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Art is a lump covered in labels galore
At flea markets and on grocery store cakes
Or the dark doodles on a bathroom door
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The art you see is in your state of mind
To what you call art others may be blind
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It is of you reader I do implore
Remember in art there is no mistake
A happy accident someone will adore
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Art is more than purchases from the store
It’s stickers and stencils and meter breaks
It’s more than home furnishing decor
It can be a chair at the tire store.
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June 24
Sun Rays Two Ways One Day
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Sunbeams
crepuscular, golden
shining, radiating, awe-inspiring
illusion, perspective, physics, droplets
refracting, projecting, reflecting
multicolored, spectacle
Rainbow
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(A Diamonte Poem)
A Picture and a Poem 