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No life sustains without this element
In each form, a primary ornament
To clean, drink, live in or play, it’s conceded
Cool or warm, salted or clear, water is needed
Polluting this essential must be ceded
Warnings of dangerous droughts should be heeded
Conservation of this resource needs pleading
We need to be cautious and be unimpeded.
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https://dversepoets.com/2022/08/16/tuesday-poetics-the-four-elements/#like-24826
to see me hiding
disguised among the patchwork
distracting colors—
patterns and shapes diverting
am I safely clandestine?
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a functional fowl
makes a foul weather shelter
Mom always knows best
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“It ain’t over till it’s over.” Well, you can’t argue with that. American baseball legend Yogi Berra first uttered the phrase about baseball’s 1973 National League pennant race. His team was a long way behind when he said it and they did eventually rally to win the division title
COVID
Beware the obsession with wolves. I know the uncomfortable claims the moon rubs into my psyche because I’ve been there. It starts with the howl heard after midnight which calls to me, permeates my being, rattles in my bones and my skin ripples with shivers. If it was not for my neighbor who should be admired for his patience and bravery, I would succumb to temptation. As the letters of the howling sound scribe on my being to join the pack, he supervises and watchfully stands by while I shake off the pull of the wild.
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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/08/15/wordle-283/
Be mindful of the judging, the constant breeze from a hateful mouth spouting a still mind’s words. There are no longer filters, or a puzzle that might have been grounded in truth or empathy, no balancing on the wire of information, just perpetuated dogma. Films and videos from these seemingly mindless individuals is not what art is about.
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Some thought it was a miracle. Others thought it was a sin. Who could possibly suffer this and still remain clean? She defied the water, breath remaining calm. Her hands came loose suddenly as the sun rose in the dawn. Miracle or devil’s work, only the woman knows.
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Rosebud conceals
Inside disguised
Secreted scent
Flower awaits
🌹🌹🌹
Sunshine heat
Opening begins
Bloom revealed
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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/08/13/lucky-dip-saturday-mix-13-august-2022/
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Unless you have been living under a rock– which actually might be a cooler place to reside, you are HOT! And I’m not talking about those waiters in tuxedos I mentioned in an earlier post or the aging actors I find more appealing now than when they were young. I’m talking streaming smelly sweat hot and burn your legs on a car seat hot; frying an egg on your sidewalk hot—not that I’d ever do that, yuck! I am lucky to have air conditioning in my apartment but the rest of my family not so. My son in France is having a hard time trying to cultivate a garden in unprecedented heat and dryness. Fire warnings and actual unstoppable fires rage on. Hopefully September will bring relief.
http://lindaghill.com/2022/08/12/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-aug-13-2022/
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In a forest is where I’m best
Explore around or lay in rest
Love by trees is what I crave
Trees shelter me, make me brave
Leaves surround and bring me joy
It has been true since a boy
In a forest is where I’m best
Explore around or lay in rest.
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The Bag Lady 
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