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Kim Nelson's avatar

You manage to choreograph a beautiful ballet here, images simultaneously connecting with strength and delicacy. Well done.

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MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, Kim. So kind of you to say.

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Andy's avatar

Wow! Beautiful and heart rending

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Laura Hansen's avatar

"in wind-drifts of bee-bent lavender" lovely

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Lorrie Tom's avatar

Another sacred hour—love it.

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MK Creel's avatar

Thanks for reading Lorrie.

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Misti Little's avatar

Damn. I'm going to have to write this down in my commonplace notebook. Stunning.

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MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, Misti.

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Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

Beautiful, MK.

I love "vaguely mauve sky" and "nebulous serenity of moonmist" and "wind-drifts of bee-bent lavender".

The way the quote from MLK acts as a hinge about which the poem turns... so good.

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MK Creel's avatar

Thanks, Melanie!

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Elizabeth McConnell's avatar

Thank you for the question beginning the poem… So, so important to keep in mind what keeps us afloat during these times.

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Victoria Nordgren's avatar

Ferns and moss!! Oh my.

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Neil Barker's avatar

I really like the final line in this poem: "another sacred hour to empty your cup." Beautiful images as well, especially that 3rd photo with the moss covering the base of the tree. Thank you for sharing.

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MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, Neil.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Oh, beautiful. Yes.

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MK Creel's avatar

Thanks, Rebecca.

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Bryan Pfeiffer's avatar

As it turns out, I kinda needed this poem today — to be reminded that the “joy will find its way back …” ❤️🙏

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Corie Feiner's avatar

This poem is so sacred. The way you use words is so stirring.. "moonmist," how the vole knows the screech... the soft sounds and the couplets are just so....soothing.

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MK Creel's avatar

Thank you, Corie.

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Corie Feiner's avatar

It’s from the heart. Your work is profound.

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Dottie Turner Leatherwood's avatar

Beautiful.

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MK Creel's avatar

Thank you!

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Weston Parker's avatar

It seems that I do need something to keep me afloat. The extreme drama that explodes from the larger world is incessant and probably choreographed by the awful people in power. I have never felt this need so desperately as I do now. So, yikes and thanks

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Poetry Symposium's avatar

love the movement of this piece ....

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MK Creel's avatar

Thank you.

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Jacklyn Downey's avatar

How beautiful, thank you for sharing!

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MK Creel's avatar

Thanks, Jacklyn.

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