harmony sweeps away my pollution
calm peace is preferable
for conflict tarnishes and rusts
seek a wiser solution
tolerance patience or even distraction
warm kindness extinguishes hostility
conflict causes dis-ease
harmony brings ease

harmony sweeps away my pollution
calm peace is preferable
for conflict tarnishes and rusts
seek a wiser solution
tolerance patience or even distraction
warm kindness extinguishes hostility
conflict causes dis-ease
harmony brings ease
Very true Kate and love how you finished with these wise lines:
“conflict causes dis-ease
harmony brings ease”
Wonderful message!
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Excellent…. Love~ “conflict causes dis-ease
harmony brings ease”….. and great photos
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YES!!! So true! Brilliant, important, encouraging write, SweetKate!!! 🙂
Love the photo and your vid, too! ❤️
You are bringing the harmony and calm today! Thank you! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂 ❤️
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Negative emotions do seem to bring their own set of ills. I try to avoid the negative and focus on the positive – and this post is an excellent reminder!!
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Aware and curious…that’s a good way to be. (K)
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Tolerance is indeed the answer to discord. A beautiful poem Kate. Love the video.
It’s always a pleasure to read your thoughts provoking posts Kate.
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beautiful poem Kate! 🙂
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Hit the nail there Kate. The first bird is the Osprey that is always at the breakwall or one of them anyway. Cool video. So hard on full zoom to hold steady isn’t it? The beach sweeps were great 🙂
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still practicing thanks Brian, as they were my absolute first I don’t think they were too bad! Had a beautiful morning stop today and camera battery was flat … always the way when you see something pretty special 🙂
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[…] written a string of five 5-7-5 haiku for five of my close friends: Leena, David, Kate, Cindy and Cheryl. In first haiku, the last line is taken from Cheryl’s latest poem. In […]
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Hi, Kate, I’ve used your last line in my latest poem, I’ll be glad if you checked it out (^_^)
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splendid way to include us all, well done!
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The gorgeous photo and soothing video bring home the wise message of your lovely poem, Kate! We can’t avoid all of the things in life that we find upsetting, so we need to know how to deal with them. Thank you for the reminders! ❤
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Great poem! The video is just wonderful! I absolutely love it! 🙂
I had to come back and watch the video again!!! Just awesome! 🙂
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Wonderful capture and true words Kate.
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Lovely!! And yes, harmony is essential for a full and healthy life!
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“conflict causes dis-ease
harmony brings ease” your end verse is so beautiful Kate.
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So well said
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Kate, thank you for sharing these verses. Nature’s harmony offers an unselfish way of sharing light in our own lives.
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well said O wise one!
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