Trees and forests speak to me
a strong connection I do see
natural flexible and free
planting more a vital key!
I’m known to spew flames and fire
when injustice irks it’s dire
tried to ignite a funeral pyre
had no success in my mire …
A friendly dragon lives nearby
now and then we do fly
chasing dreams across the sky
leaving no regrets when we die!
We’re made of elements in sum
when in balance we are plumb
out of kilter all seems numb
glad to march to our own drum!
dVerse – Amaya’s prompt is our Asian horoscope, mine is the wood dragon
creek that leads to the waterfall where my dragon lives
it often vanishes underground and is too shallow to be useful
Trees do speak a common language that humans never get..
beautiful poem Kate
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Oh that friendly dragon would be a handy thing to have. An occasional flying trip could be so rejuvenating!
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Yes, that last verse is so telling, great lines Kate 🙂
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Lovely creek indeed! Thanks for sharing. Drinkable water,
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no too shallow and too stagnant so no use at all!
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Yay…go dragons…!!!!..this is beautiful and magical..and i love that creek i cant wait to read your story about the “dragon on the creek” on the creek..
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They speak to me, too! I feel that connection! 🙂
YAY for your dragon! 🐉🐲 🐉 🐲 🐉
Your poem is imaginative, magical, joyful, and truth! We must keep plum and march to our drum!
HUGS!!! 🙂
PS…the photo is makes me sigh…a good sigh. 🙂
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You’ve summed it up for me Kate…”out of kilter all seems numb” Getting the balance tilted in the right direction and self care is key!
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Dragons are excellent… rats a bit less so… love the choice we have in the end.
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“A friendly dragon lives nearby
now and then we do fly
chasing dreams across the sky”
This is wonderful Kate – Fantasmagorical! 🙂
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introduced him in my mythical story Rob .. guessing he might be a regular feature now a friend has drawn a picture of us both 🙂
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Hello fellow creature of the wood, let’s bring back the wild forest!
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Beautiful!!!
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Just to have that water, vegetation and a dragon near… sigh.
It is good to have a spirit that is allowed to be free.
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I love this Kate! and you added dragons……….my favorite…….. 🙂
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Ah, your dragon makes an appearance again! This is wonderfully magical, Kate.❤️
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I so love that dragon spirit, let it fly and chase your dreams.
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As humans, we all have a strong connection to the forest and trees and realistically to all of nature around us. The thing that nurtures our soul and connects us to the creator(however one wants to define that), we rape, burn down, cut down, build upon.
And we wonder why we have such feelings of discontentment and disconnectedness within our lives.
“Trees and forests speak to me
a strong connection I do see……”
Yup – sorts of sums it up!
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you say it well Glen, if we transgress or destroy that which cleans our air and gives us limitless beauty we will feel dis ease!
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So true. There is hardly a place in anywhere in the wilderness that Lynn and I have been, that we haven’t found garbage left behind by others. Putting aside the wealth of knowledge indigenous elders have about the land, there is a wealth of emerging science and data connecting our own well-being of spending time in nature in reducing physical aliments through to reducing and improving mental health and emotional issues.
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well said Glen, we need to spend more time there and leave it pristine!
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Oh okay. It certainly is an issue heer, as I’m sure it is in Australia. One problem people run into at least here, is the whole confrontation aspect in wilderness and natural areas. People have been known to go “crazy” when confronted by other if they have been seen dumping or leaving trash. It is an issue for sure. One of our biggest issues here is takeout coffee cups. “Tim Horton’s” is a national coffee and donut chain and a somewhat Canadian cultural institution. You can’t go anywhere, without finding discarded Tim’s cups. FYI – Tim Horton was a NHL hockey player who started a donut and coffee shop in the late 1960’s. Now, you find them on almost every corner of every road in the country.
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here the public are now given a discount for bringing their own cup .. saves them cost of paper cup and lid! Tin’s need to be shamed into doing more …
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I think they cover their shame or any shame they may feel by throwing money into advertizing and such, about how one shouldn’t throw the cups on the ground.
They are bigger than McDonalds here.
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just as much as you can manage without looking too suspicious 🙂
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That’s really something special and resonates you 🙂
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This is beautifully weaved. Stay blessed
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It’d be cool to be it 🙂
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A brilliant poem.
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Sounds beautiful and a nice lilt in your words, Kate and for sure a magical dragon lives nearby.
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It’s so magical and nice
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Beautiful, magical, and liberating my dear Kate! 🙂
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