Not a team player,
Change likes to spike the ball –
first to the net, a master
derailing strategy
I sit on the sidelines –
age having dulled reflexes –
amused that I ever thought
I could beat such an opponent.
(Image my own)
Not a team player,
Change likes to spike the ball –
first to the net, a master
derailing strategy
I sit on the sidelines –
age having dulled reflexes –
amused that I ever thought
I could beat such an opponent.
(Image my own)
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Such a beautiful image.
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You’re welcome
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Such an in-depth way of looking at change. I love it.
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🙏😊
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Incredible work!
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Thank you
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Love this poem that is so relatable, VJ. “Change likes to spike the ball” what a great line.
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Thanks Lauren.
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I love this personification and extended metaphor. It’s both, right?
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I would think so. Thanks
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You’re welcome!
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We have Egyptian geese in our backyard that stubbornly at this way. Happy New Year.
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Oh dear. Happy New Year to you too
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Love the poem! And image is beautiful. You are an writer and an artist!
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Thank you!
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Thanks for sharing this idea.with this image..Anita
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Thanks Anita
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A refreshing Mrs Mallard there. The games change plays do tend to sideline us as we age. But I I haven’t given up the game entirely!
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As my husband says: “The alternative isn’t good either” 😁
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Wow . I felt this in my soul. Literally. Great one
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Thank you
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You’re welcome 🤗😁
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This poem reminds me of my professional career. 🙂
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Oh boy. 🙃
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That’s what I said. I’m so glad I’ve left all that behind.
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Sounds like a good choice.
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It was! Higher ed in general is not good at change management.
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A lovely image to go with the words VJ 🙂
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Thanks
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I appreciate the thoughtful and sardonic quality of your verse. I also like the illustration, which reminds of duck drawings I grew up with having had a grandfather who banded ducks and other birds for the federal government in the early days of all of that. Happy New Year!
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Thanks so much!
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Ohhhh….change spiking the ball. Yep. Thanks for all of that, VJ. Truth! 💗
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😊🙏
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💛
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Yes, the changes that come we could never have truly anticipated in our youth!
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And much of it, too rapid for us to retain equilibrium.
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