Royal blue or emerald green
Water’s perfect profile rarely seen
Or the solution of keeping clear and clean
Childhood remembers streams pristine
New techniques covering control of the scene
Authors of science in bricked modern times
Research together in present climes
Say the pure liquid is hard to find.
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Today’s prompt states “use pine”
Your choice, but never mine
My tastes are simpler with no sticky sap
The tree I prefer with which hands offer to clap
Is the mighty birch with white rough cracks
A curly bark that’s beautifully contrasted in black.
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Quadrille #182: Are You Pining for Poems?
http://fivedotoh.com/2023/08/21/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-233/
“It’s uncanny!” Sheila exclaimed, purely upbeat as she followed the queue along the cusp of the mountain. “We as humans proceed through life, marching along as a slice of lemmings, obsolete as a single entity, but marvelous when united.
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http://cyranny.com/2023/08/21/oblsolete-word-of-the-day-challenge/
RDP Monday: QUEUE
http://fivedotoh.com/2023/08/21/fowc-with-fandango-cusp/
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/08/21/three-things-challenge-m427/UPBEAT UNCANNY UNITED
pure
Your Daily Word Prompt – #Proceed- #YDWordPrompt August 21, 2023
http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/08/21/what-do-you-see-200-august-21-2023/
Prompt Challenge 476.Barbs and Praise.
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 476.BARBS and Praise.
Cellpic Sunday – The Cottage Garden
https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/08/20/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-276/
The Bag Lady 
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