kind concern gives birth
to healing
and brings happiness
#3. Write a Lune about birth, a self-contained poem, 5 – 3 – 5 syllable
Val’s ASH challenge
+ two for the price of one!
#1. Write a Zappai using the theme of drunkenness.
sing and sway in time
intoxicated by rhyme
poems empower
a haiku, 5-7-5 syllable, without having to include the season, yea!
aroused 
Clever Kate 😉
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Birth, for what it’s worth
Opens doors
For deaths and last breaths
Hi! Have I been missed?
Or you so utterly pissed
That you heard no word?
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Lovely thoughts, lovely poems.
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Interesting formats and prompts Kate, and you handled them superbly
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A beautiful Lune and Zappai, Kate. Clever takes!
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OH!!! I love the positivity of the lune and the pure spunk and pluck of the zappai made my day! You are so clever! I wish I were half that! You are going to make me look bad! hehehe!
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oh how i love your Zappai and took on writing about being drunk on words…and the lune on birth is filled with positivity
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this is short yet not short in power! well done, Kate!
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much appreciated! Remember the days years ago when we did that poetry course with WP, that’s where I met you 🙂
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Wow! Clever takes, Kate. You are rocking this challenge, sis.
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The words and the image are such a pair Kate. Have a wonderful week.
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So beautiful and interesting poems, Kate. Loved the fun in it. New genres of poetry. Awesome.
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Healing and happiness! Kate, count me in.
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It DOES! 🙂 And they DO! 🙂 Beautiful poems, SweetKate! Let’s keep up the kind concern AND keep poeming! (((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…gorgeous photo! Those two chairs provide THE perfect view!
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Coop is doing well! He says, “Thanks for asking!” 😀
PS…What does “beggar” mean?!?!
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Beautiful poems, wonderful photo! I loved the relation you created between kind concern and healing.
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by giving to others we heal ourselves!
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Love the photo and both your poems, Kate. Well done!
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I tried to sum the first poem in three words, Kate : birth, healing, happiness .
This is a kind of “fauquet shape” haiku:
Birth,
Healing.
Happiness !
1,2,3 syllabs 🙂
Love ❤
Michel
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Stunning sky and I love your thoughts and words Kate.
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