the folly of flying a kite
of taking sheer delight
in slurping an ice cream
find fun ways to let off steam
as we all need an antidote
to combat lockdown fever
skip along the path
roll down the green grass
sing dance hum or talk
take a fake pet for a walk
do you indulge in a whimsy
wear a sexy negligee flimsy
drive with no destination
stop without hesitation
give folly a voice
make a rash choice
be foolish, act mad
healthier than sad
howl at that full moon
hum an off key tune
for life is too short
to be glumly caught
in sadness or fear
seek out your own cheer
took a drive on whimsy Sunday to photograph the jacaranda trees in Grafton … got plenty more!
So glad you made it to Grafton Kate. I hope you had a good time even though not much happens in town on a Sunday
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So true! How beautifully said, Kate. Lot’s of things to do to combat lockdown. 🙂
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I’m coping well enough as I can with small doses of insanity. 🙂 Been writing a lot more, reaching out to friends, and really spending time with my cats. Without my main cat (the one in my profile picture), I would be a lot more morose in these times. How about you? How are you coping?
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Beautiful photo, Kate. Nice to see flowers are blooming somewhere in the world. I like that idea of taking a fake pet for a walk. I love my cats, but dogs make the perfect walking companion.
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I do a lot of that…especially walking with fake pets.
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🙂 A very fun poem. And that looks like a big jacaranda tree in that picture! We have those here in SoCal too.
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Love this! Your photo and your poem makes me smile SO BIG! 🙂
Inside or outside, we always find fun stuff to do! 🙂 YAY! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Very positive, Kate. I’m goin out on the deck & do a little moonhowling right this minute. Thanks.
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Such fun uplifting idea, you added a lot of cheer to my afternoon 🙂
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A beautiful poem, Kate , to express Joy of life during those hard times
Love ❤
Michel
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Thank you , Kate. Your poems are comforting. ❤
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i dont have pets but if i did you would walk with us.
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Loved the lighthearted poem, Kate! ❤ Love the Jacaranda trees. We have them here, and they bloom for about a month. in spring. I suspect they may have originated in Australia. Are they native there? Take care, Cheryl
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This is beautifully uplifting! 💝 Love; “be foolish, act mad
healthier than sad.”
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I live whimsy! With the colder weather I broke out my winter hat collection – today I wore Fozzie Bear. Tomorrow I think I’ll wear the rabbit hat!!
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I am singing off tune and enjoying this lovely poem
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I love jacarandas 🙂
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I love, love, love your message here, and how you’ve framed it with your words!
‘as we all need an antidote
to combat lockdown fever’
We certainly do! I’m off to feed the ducks with my kids – they must be starving now the tourists have gone home…
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This is lovely. Maybe one positive from all the nonsense of this year will be our rediscovery of ourselves, being human, what fun is, that wasting time might can be… fun, actually!
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Lots of fun things to do, Kate!
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We are all in need of indulging in these follies! (K)
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Cheerful and uplifting poem, Kate. So many fun filled things to do and let sorrows go away.
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Such a lovely capture! Love jacarandas 💜 lovely poem with loads of tips to stay sane during insane times… my car refuses to move without a destination – addicted to google maps 🙃
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‘Give folly a voice / make a rash choice’ – that sounds like so much fun!
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Cheerful poem! Very uplifting! Even now, people can still have fun! 🙂
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Beautiful photo! It’s so necessary to take a break and indulge in some folly, and so many ideas here! The fake pet made me laugh. A great read!
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What a wonderful message, Kate! These have been tough times and your whimsical ideas will surely bring a lot of cheer on gloomy days! 🙂
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This is such a fun poem filled with great ideas for a quick mood fix🙂 during the lockdown. Well written!
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Plenty of whimsy!
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Kate this was great! Your rhyming couplets truly put a smile on my face and warmed my heart. Thank you! Much needed in the midst of such gray negativity that seems to blanket the world. Truly Wonderful, uplifting.
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Passion and madness in this poem unfurl to make every moment count when we facing the ire of a virus. Imaginary pet is such a cool idea.
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‘be foolish, act mad healthier than sad’ The best thing. 😀
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Your poem has joy.
Your pictures are awesome….
Folly or innocence
Dreams everywhere
Smiles abounding
Keep laughing
Joyous
Free
(Do you see what I was trying to do?) I’m loving isolation time! No need to do anything or go anywhere.
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so glad some light has crept into your life Eliza, I acknowledge it! This poem with descending syllables in each line is super cute 🙂
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Descending syllables
Is not really me
It’s not the beat
In my head
Yet fun
Too
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I wouldn’t know how to
Copy them from here
Onto wordpress
A new post
Publish
Now
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I can just copy this conversation
It won’t cause any consternation
It will be a celebration
It’ll be a destination
To bring to fruition
The solution
Some action
Option
Tion
Last two lines make no sense.
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C’mon and write these lines
Let us have some fun
Keep on going
You go girl
Until
RUN!
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Hey you, hey hey hey hey
Have an awesome day
Be a sun ray
Here today
Hooray
Yay
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to hear you smile
makes my day
you are a sun ray
now go out and play!
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I am playing! Writing here
Whilst in isolation
Sitting on the couch
For days on ends
No pressure
No work
Fun
(It bothers me that the text of the second is shorter than the third)
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How did you guess!
I aim to impress
Not under duress
I haven’t rhymed
In some time
My sis was just saying we’re wasting time. (You know the meme I have to move from the bed to the couch?) I told her we’re not. We,’re saving lives by sitting on the couch.
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At your service madam
Just posted it now
Onto my blog
Enjoy it!
For you 🙏
See 💕
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I did have fun 🙂
You sending sunshine here instead of the rain for me to sit in?
It promises to rain any moment. Just don’t be caught outside for the few when it’s bad! Last time I was 3 minutes walk away from home and when I got home I had to change from top to toe. But yeah. We live with 4 seasons a day.
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you know I love getting drenched in the rain, a good hot shower afterwards and I feel like a new person … imagine that deluge washing all the pain and hassles away, sure works for me 🙂
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I like the imagery
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http://elizajourneythroughlife.home.blog/2020/11/09/isolation-fun/
The password to this is justask
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