on our early morning walk
we meet a wandering wallaby
he bounded to a safe distance
then gazed at us with curiosity
disturbing him was not fair
for this was his grazing pasture
before we are put out to pasture
we laugh and cry; crawl and walk
for love and life are our affair
be like that wondrous wallaby
check everything with curiosity
to ensure we last the distance
live life with less resistance
don’t whinge and posture
explore with childlike curiosity
it’s our choice to dance or walk
or bound about like a wallaby
heal with cheer, don’t despair
we all know that life can be unfair
kind care will narrow that distance
between satisfaction or wallowing
so grow maturely in life’s pasture
as with loved ones we shall walk
opening our minds with curiosity
ignite creativity with real curiosity
know that we can heal and repair
talk, laugh, eat well and walk
let loss and grief fade to distance
for we can nurture our pasture
like a bouncy wandering wallaby
whether tiger, kitten or wallaby
we can imagine with our curiosity
by river, mountain or pasture
in school, work or a trade fair
those memories last the distance
as we stand tall for our life’s walk
graze calmly in your pasture like a wallaby
create and walk tall with genuine curiosity
connect fairly so we mutually last the distance
the first stanza actually happened this morning, then the rest flowed
dVerse, distorted sestina with homonyms, Bjorn
This is a beautiful piece of poetry, Kate and so nice to be walking cheerfully like the wallaby.
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Such a great analogy for life! Keeping the curiosity alive is so important! Nice one, Kate.
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This reminds me of yesterday… one lone young duck was beneath the one of my bird feeders.
I was in my morning routine of filling up the feeders. I told the duck to not go to far – and she waddled a little distance and I tossed some extra seed on the ground under the one feeder for her.
Then I kept my distance to fill the rest of my feeders. And she waddled back and enjoyed the seed.
I would very much like to believe that ‘my’ birds know I like them and they in return sing and entertain me 🙂
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children and animals/birds know when they are safe just like that duck 🙂
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This is lovely, very well said. It is essential to look forward and to have some curiosity but at the same time keeping the distance.
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Words of wisdom.
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Curiosity is so vital, wonderful lines.
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great analogy.
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Creativity flows from curiosity, guess that happened for you this morning Kate.
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nature nurtured me Marie 🙂
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Yes, yes, yes, and yes, Kate! Wonderful words of wisdom!
(((HUGS)))
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The form gives me hives as I am not a fan of writing sestinas but I’ve never seen one done with this kind of substitution. I’m making a note to try this some time…
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I totally get the hives, I did one traditionally but I feel it suppresses creativity so I went rogue 🙂
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Why would a wallaby wannabe wandering nearby?
To inspire you to write this thoughtful poem, that’s why!
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We’ve seen loads of wallabies on this trip. They’re so cute. Great verse!
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I love how much you can learn about yourself watching the beasts of the land… (for me it would be squirrelsmore than wallaby)
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lol yes indeed, we are blessed with a plethora of native animals here 🙂
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Well done with your 2nd sestina Kate. My hats off yo your courage! 🙂
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thanks Rob but this may well be disqualified as I’ve used some poetic license 🙂
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For me it would be the squirrel, not the wallaby. I enjoyed the reflections of your early morning walk.
Thanks for joining our poetry form challenge.
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I love the wallaby and how you change to wallowing, just once! It creates a lovely scene for recollections and some difficult word endings but curiously they work without drawing attention, except for the graceful wallaby! We have lizards!
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How fun it would be to run across a wallaby on one’s daily walk. You used it so well to teach lessons on living well. Nature has much to share with us.
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it does indeed if we listen Victoria
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