Tagged: shelter
mama’s purslane grows
mama’s purslane grows
dutifully, as shelter
for the frog, a snack
for the deer, and nutrition
for our family omelette
.
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it’s human to build
it’s human to build
shelter with whatever is
available to
us – a deck of cards, sand, snow,
the spirit, other people
.
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we are arrested
we are arrested
by symbols, taken prisoner,
secured, protected,
trapped, sheltered – pride shows up in
the way we ripple in the wind
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: pride
here and there, words hide
here and there, words hide
other words, tuck them away
between the folds of
syllables, knowing that
there will be days when
we will need shelter
from each other
.
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the day after a
the day after a
summer solstice, when
we have been fully
stretched
towards the light,
we may forget
just as suddenly,
begin to shrink,
take shelter
.
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under the shelter
under the shelter
of friendship, we keep score just
like any other
.
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a yearning crouches
four hundred kitties and
four hundred kitties and
a handful of rabbits
whiskers in wonderland
.
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