Anticipating owl’s hoot
dove’s coo startles me
I am plodding turtle
hard-shelled
searching for circles
in this squared-off existence
Dove offers a throaty laugh
then is gone before
my soft-bellied self
can beg deliverance.
(Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)
“searching for circles / in a squared-off existence. Love it!
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Superb piece! Brava!
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Ooh, I love the image! I’ve saved the following lines in my favorite metaphors folder:
searching for circles
in this squared-off existence.
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Thanks Liz. I kind of liked that one too, lol. Sometimes we surprise ourselves.
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I know just what you mean. (Did I write that? It’s not half bad!)
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Exactly, lol.
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Sometimes we all need to have a bit of that plodding turtle in us. Love this image.
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Thanks Heather. Seems to be my dominant persona at the moment, lol.
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Everything is cyclical. Sometimes our soft centres need a little protection to process. lol
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Yes. Thanks for that.
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Excellent
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Thanks 🙏
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Lovely post
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Thanks 😊
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