Day Fifteen
on APRIL 15, 2022
Happy Friday, all!
Today I’m going off prompt but if you click on the NaPoWriMo link above you can view the prompt for Day Fifteen and follow along if you like.
My poem today is a response to another prompt: Colleen Chesebro’s Specific Form
on Word Craft Poetry TankaTuesday where we’re writing Tanka Prose. It’s a prose envelope, written in the poem tale (episodic narration) style (I think).
Once we pause a moment to stop blaming each other for this or that, we
come to realize how each of us is good at our core — we want to do good: it feels good to do good for another. But somewhere in our haste to be grownup we shed our capacity for empathy and with it goes the feel-good emotion too.
Everyone can sense
Similarities we share
Heartbeats of the soul
Foolhardy to ignore it
Good object to emblazon
Oh, we all feel it when we lose it but we put on a brave face and suck it in like we see grownups do. The good news is we can still reclaim the feel-good traits we came baring at birth but at the risk of being different. Talk about intentional living. Talk about setting ourselves up for scrutiny. What if there were more people who dared to differ? Imagine!
Any fool can feel
The traits we have in common
Human compassion
Unwise to be without it
It’s a win to celebrate.
Glo/NaPoWriMo Banner & Button Maureen Thorson
Word Craft Poetry Tanka Tuesday Banner Colleen Chesebro
Thanks for reading.
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Words to remember!
💕 thanks for reading. Appreciate you. Xoxo
The truth about mankind, nicely put together Selma. 💖
Well said. The truth.
Yes, we are more the same than we are different, and we sometimes stray from that understanding. Nice write.
So glad for the comment. Thanks so much.
You’re welcome.
Sorry it took me this long to acknowledge. 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 🏃♀️ 💕
No worries, I’m having trouble keeping up with my reading.
May we all dare, to dare more.
Amen to this. Xozo
Beautiful, especially the second one. You get it. You win, and all the rest of us with you. <3
Yes. A great win. Xoxo
Always better to err on the side of good. (K)
I think so too. Err on the side of good. Thanks, K XoXo
How true this is Selma!
Glad you agree. Stay sweet. XoXo
Beautiful tankas, Selma! The wisdom in these verses is so fundamental, yet so often ignored. The world would be a much better place if more people had empathy.
Totally agree, Cheryl. Imagine a world like that! So possible. XoXo
Here’s to feeling and showing compassion to our fellow humans! 🤗❤️
Here. Here. Indeed. Compassion.
So nice!
Thanks, Raj. Sending you blessings. XoXo
Thank you Miriam I got it!
Wonderful, Selma! 💕🙂
Appreciate you, Harmony. Xoxo
You too, Selma! Hugs 💕🙂
I actually found that format quite difficult to read, though the sentiment still shone through like a ray of light
Sorry about that Deb. I still need lots of practice. 😢 But glad you got the sentiment intact. Stay sweet. xoxo
You’re doing really well, trying new forms is really difficult
Thanks for the encouragement my lovely. I bless you. Xo
Quite inspirational, Selma! I agree completely. It is about intentional living – choosing to be kind and mindful and compassionate. 🙂
Choosing. Yes. We need to be selective. There’s where our power lies. Xoxo
Intentional living = similarities we share-heartbeats of the soul. I love your choice of words, Selma. Compassion is so needed in our world today. <3
Thanks, dear Colleen. I’m glad you enjoyed this. I bless you.
Beautiful words!
We all need to develop intent to be compassionate and then world will be a better place to live in.
Develop and Practice until it sticks. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. xoxo
Love this, Selma 🙂 Such true words.
Aww. Thanks, D.L xo
I love your shared wisdom, Selma… thank you so much.
Sincerely,
David
I appreciate you reading. XoXo
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It is difficult to imange any leader of people who put their comforts before others and also disclaim or won’t recognize all the family they have.
While not all family get along… when you are in a position of leadership to ignore those your have fathered… to me is unthinkable.
I was reading today how many members of royalty had additional children with others… some totally ignored and others not recognized until later in life.
IF – such a small word with a huge impact.
Some people… I cannot understand some people.
love your comment, Jules.
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