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Photography by Josephine
Tell me, oh sweet creation,
secrets, odds and ends,
enjoyment and adventure.
Your heart in its drums,
field adance with daffodils,
furry joy sublime,
sailing kitten dreams — divine.
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Today’s offering is in the kindku form.
Carrie is today’s host of The Sunday Muse.
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beautiful Lisa!💖
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Thank you, Cindy ❤
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welcome!💖🌈
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I really enjoyed this poem. Thanks Li
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Glad you did 🙂
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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A lovely Kindku Lisa. I think we could learn a lot from the life of a kitten.
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Thank you, Carrie. Yes we could ❤
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this is a beautiful hymn to all the elements of Kindku and what better than sung to a kitten
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Laura, thank you for reading and your kind comment ❤
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Thank you for the link to Kindku ~ I am going to attempt one later today. Yours is beautiful, Lisa.
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Helen, I hope you do. Looking forward to reading it. ❤
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Well, this is more challenging than I’d anticipated! Back to the drawing board.
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lol! I’m sure you’ll get there!
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This is really adorable. I especially love this:
“field adance with daffodils,
furry joy sublime”
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Glad you like it, Shawna, thank you.
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Sweet Creation will tell you that, and much more!
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🙂 ❤
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You caught the feeling of the photo… even with the last word. Love it!
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Thank you so much, Syl.
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What an amazing photograph! I like your poem as well!😀
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I agree. Carrie picks good ones to write to. Thank you on the poem.
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Your form might be a puzzle challenge, I hope so. You did well, I take it your words came from the “A Psalm of Life” but it won’t open so I can’t read it to find the context there.
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Jim, so sorry the link wouldn’t open. Here are the rules:
“The Kindku is a short poem of seven lines. The syllable pattern is 7 / 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 or 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 5.
The Kindku must include seven words that are taken from one specific source — a poem, a book, a newspaper article, etc. In the case of a book or long piece of writing, those words must come from the same page.
Words must be used in the order they were found. Their placement also depends on the line:
Line 1 starts with word 1
Line 2 ends with word 2
Line 3 starts with word 3
Line 4 ends with word 4
Line 5 starts with word 5
Line 6 ends with word 6
Line 7 starts or ends with word 7
Kindku poems can have titles and punctuation. No matter the topic covered, they must sport a positive tone.
Kindku poets are encouraged to credit and link to the inspirations behind their pieces.”
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field adance with daffodils… love it Lisa!
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Thank you, Max. Waiting for the day 🙂
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What a beauty of a poem! Love this.
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Sumana, thank you. Happy you enjoyed it.
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Poignant. Loved it.
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Thank you, Petru.
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It does look like an exchange of secrets. (K)
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This poem full of happy things lifted my heart.
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Your heart lifted lifts my heart. Thank you ❤
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