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Color My Soul's avatar

This is simply lovely. My favorite part:

The natural world,

flora, fauna, includes us.

Full of surprises!

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

She opened the door.

And right there, surprisingly,

she found joy, disguised.

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A B Forbes's avatar
Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Will our advanced brain

turn ‘mankind’ to ‘human kind’?

May we play our part.

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Alexander Lovell, PhD's avatar

"Everlasting not, ferns, food, family, friends, foes. Organisms, ores." That line struck me deeply. It's a stark reminder of the impermanence of everything. We get so caught up in the day-to-day, in our fleeting concerns, that we forget the bigger picture. Everything is in flux, constantly changing, dissolving, and reforming. It’s a bit like watching a river; the water is always moving, and yet it’s always a river. This recognition of impermanence can be unsettling, but it can also be liberating. It frees us from the illusion of control and allows us to appreciate the present moment.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

It’s impermanent.

Sometimes clear, at times cloudy.

Weather, water, us.

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Paulette Bodeman's avatar

Gorgeous, the photos and every word. Thank you.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Thanks bow, friend Paulette.

Gorgeous messy life and world.

Glad we resonate.

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Paulette Bodeman's avatar

Me too. I just subscribed! Looking forward to reading your work.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Welcome to our ‘hood!

Friendly folk flock family.

Namaste, Paulette.

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pen's avatar

i love this. all of it. thank you.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Earthy warm greetings.

Welcome to ponderings post~

Glad for resonance.

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Gary K's avatar

Expansive pics, inclusive words.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

You, present here, there,

fellow tree-hugger fellow.

Tucked in this nest, heart.

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Jamie Millard's avatar

A witch of words

From awe to us that links winks

An ode to the earth 🌀💝

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Oh, northern neighbor~

Thanks for YOUR words, and our link--

Earthy witchy wink! 😉

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Stephanie C. Bell's avatar

Us. All of this moved me deeply, but that stanza especially. You have such a way. Wise, warm, wondrous you! Happy Earth Day. We are her and she is us.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Wise kind Bell rings bell:

‘We are her and she is us.’

Thanks bow for your love~

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Wondrous wounded world,

weary, worried wanderers.

Words, work for our woes.

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Eddie's avatar

I envy your prolific writing ability

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Seeds, seedlings, shrubs, trees,

they simply do what they do.

Why compare our gifts?

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Andy's avatar

Lovely, I really liked the “us” stanza. Very gentle and compelling

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Andy knows all falls.

Falling, fallen, failing serve.

Earth Day greetings, friend~

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Philip Harris's avatar

For far away Tom, roofless hymns ancient and modern , the rhyming wind shall blow our top-knot off.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Will we learn in time?

Our human hubris humbled?

Greetings across seas~

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Philip Harris's avatar

Where the wind lists. Perhaps stroll upriver again in the meadows of time, the fair field.

Greetings.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

May our spirit sync

‘Great Spirit,’ ‘Holy Spirit.’

Play role well in play.

...

May we learn from past,

history in the making.

Forge for fine fair fields?

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Philip Harris's avatar

Poetry is in the wings, 'in the verisimilitude of a dream'.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

They wait in the wings,

winged poetry, dreams... until

burst into the scene!

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Neil Barker's avatar

Thank you for the kind mention, Marisol.

Beautiful series of haiku. I especially liked this one under "Awe*"

"Wild ecosystems,

astonishing mysteries.

Real masterpieces."

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Earth Day greetings, Neil~

Your posts, a weekly homage.

Thanks for the restack!

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Neil Barker's avatar

An excellent haiku reply!

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Deborah Gregory's avatar

Earth, extraordinary and eloquent in Her art,

Essential yet endangered - a call to do our part.

Marisol, your verses pulse with the heartbeat of the planet itself - urgent, reverent and deeply felt. Thank you so much for weaving such a beautiful and poetical tribute to Mama Gaia, reminding us to listen, care and act before Her echoes fade. 💚

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Poet Deborah

sums in two verses whole post.

Blessings across seas.

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Jules's avatar

We are one breath, life, love.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Resonance with Jules~

Us, Earth, breath, being, here, life, love.

All are one is all.

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