I hear the waves crashing
as they swell rise and fall
crushing the sand ever finer
as they cleanse my very core
for the water is healing
soothing my angst
for those crushed by
a pandemic so black
as the numbers rise
I wonder at our demise
self isolation a solution
it will cease all pollution
quality lone time a blessing
so we must stop obsessing
about matters that mean squat
once we’re buried to rot
wiser to calm down
barn’s burnt down
now I can see the moon
you can too it’s a rune
d’Verse, Mish+ Marie from Create Space, sea
“Barn’s burnt down, now I can see the moon.”
photo is the ocean from my door this morning
this isolation period means I will share this view in it’s many moods
aroused 
We do tend to obsess over things we can do nothing about! Life is too short for that! I am sorry to hear of your still rising numbers in Covid. We are getting to a better place here. Venues are open and crowds are gathering again for sports events and performances. We have had our shots and a booster as well. Hope you get some herd immunity and relief soon.
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They sure do:)
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Spot on…even noise pollution is down due to isolation.
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mother nature is restoring herself in our absence … we will all emerge better for it!
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Yes, less pollution with less travel.
We went to a local ice cream type place – the lone server thought he had made a mistake with my order – I told him not to worry – I’d take what he made.
Let us remember that our burdens can be lightened when we can find joy in relieving little stresses.
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how lovely of you … that last line should be quoted often, such a wise insight 🙂
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Beautiful poem, Kate. I like that you brought up the point of isolation lowering pollution.
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I personally feel that mother nature is reasserting herself because we didn’t heed her warnings eg tsunami, wildfires, etc … we will survive this and it will give our environment time to recover!
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What a view! ( can you hear a wee bit of envy in my voice! Lol)
You are not new to isolation nor I but I do hope we don’t forget this lesson when the worst is over!
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humanity will survive this but our leaders are showing their complete incompetency … amazing karma that I am stuck here 😉
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More of self love at this time. 😊
Stay Safe.
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I wonder so much what will come out of this crisis.
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I’m hoping for unity and a calmer way of life but guessing that most will just resume their busy toxicity …
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Nature has many ways of healing us. (K)
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Good point about pollution: “it will cease all pollution”.
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no polluting factories working, cars are off the road, tourism is halted … nature can breath again as she restores herself 🙂
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Beautiful, Kate! A deep, cleansing breath of fresh air, while those about us hyperventilate. Exactly what we need, actually.
If you’ve got to be cooped up somewhere, might as well have a view like that. For sure.
I bet, on a clear day, if you squint real hard, you can see Chile.
If so, let me know if you spot Alfonso carrying a box. A while ago, the guy promised me a package of Chilean produce. Two weeks later, still nothing.
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lol damn Chileans … sadly not even squinting will get me there NZ is blocking the view!
Yes will try to post daily as the hyperventilation is palpable …
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We can learn so much from nature, the constant and calm of the water. I hope this current situation brings more of us back to the simpler things of life.
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Beautiful and powerful poem! The photo is captivating and goes perfectly with this poem!
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Thank you for your encouraging verse 😊🌺
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The scene outside your house is captivating, Kate and I completely agree with your profound poem. We all need to be having time to reflecting on what is happening in our world today and try to be loving and kind towards all.
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time we focus on what is truly important and we realise we can survive with so much less in our lives. well said Kate
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Excellent writing as always! Take care, Kate!
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Beautiful and wise, as always! Thank you for your posts, Kate!
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Extra time at home is good, my courtyard garden is looking great. 🏡💙🌏
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Oh that view! Wise words too!
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It’s awesome that you get to see this at your doorstep. I hope one day I live as closely with nature (could be a ranch instead).
Love, light, and glitter
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only temporary Eliza … I was visiting for a few days when shut down locked me in … no complaints here and a house allows me storage which I don’t have in my tiny off grid home 🙂
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Do you have all you need there?
💕🕯✨
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Hi Kate! I like the way your poem begins with two tentative stanzas with no rhyme scheme, almost like testing the sand with bare feet, and the rhythm and rhyme become stronger in the following stanzas, rising to a crescendo, like the pandemic. I love the final stanza and its assonance on ‘ow’ and ‘ooh’.
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what a delightful and very thoughtful comment Kim … I like to mix rhyming and discordant to emphasise my points and I believe you are the first to notice, thanks so much!
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Yes, water is healing.
And the light from the moon or sun, bursting bright behind dark clouds screams, “Hope!”
Thank you for the verse and the photo, SweetKate!
HUGS!!! 🙂
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And as always beautiful. There are always two sides to a narrative, as much as destruction prevails, there is goodness that we see around us. Nature claiming her space that we selfishly occupied. May be we will look back at these dark times once the cloak is lifted and sense the goodness.
(And I am so glad to be back, having missed reading your verses! I do hope you are keeping safe)
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I have missed you, are you ok?
I’m well and happy thanks, I’m familiar with isolation and am really enjoying it 🙂
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Indeed! Time spent with ones thoughts is irreplaceable 🙂
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well said, I couldn’t agree more … unless they are in a negative spiral 🙂
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Yes. It is all in the power of the mind, to harbour positive thoughts or negative thoughts right?
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Excellent.
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Amazing that by stopping industry for just a short time the air is visibly cleaner – the sun can be seen in Beijing again. So true that none of this worry will change anything and it won’t matter if we are dead…
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I like the reference to the barn being burned down. After the raging fires you experienced recently in Australia that line is particularly poignant. Glad to be united in this effort to protect our precious world and everyone in it. You are doing good works down there mateys. I am trying to type like Crocodile Dundee.
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“as they cleanse my very core” Yes, the power of nature!
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quality lone time a blessing—yes i love this…how many of us see being alone as a blessing? Very few i guess but if we can all just for a time see it this way then maybe we heal as one..
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