Tuesday, April 14, 2020

From Estonia to NY, Nature Nurtures

When my Estonian writing friend Terje Akke shared the following beautiful photo from her homeland, I sighed

blue-purple bloom,
effortlessly beguiling,
springs forth from earth
burgeoning budding-day calls
bringing hope to the hopeless
©CV, 2020

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and followed with a handmade, paper collage card with pressed dried petals.



If I could go to the Post Office, I would have tucked inside the card a poem
but instead, I send a virtual card with wishes
to stay safe during quarantine life.



It's time to join Two Writing Teachers for Slice of Life Tuesday and 
add my National Poetry Month poems of hope with a special announcement.

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12 comments:

  1. What a beautiful story behind your inspired poem. I loved your alliteration with the "b" sound. It tied the poem together nicely.

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    1. Thanks for joining me Deborah. If you are a slicer can you please share with me your blog site? I do enjoy using alliteration. Terje's photo allowed me to brainstorm this literary technique.

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  2. I agree that Terge's photos are inspirational! I love how you took the image and made it your own story.

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  3. Your poem and photograph highlight how the beauty of nature can be a balm in stressful days.

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  4. Your poems work beautifully with the pictures. Nature offers hope and hope cannot be extinguished.

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    1. Yes, there is truth in your statement: hope cannot be extinguished. Unfortunately, the pandemic is producing fear factors that are very unsettling.

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  5. Such powerful pictures and poems. I love how the poet speaks directly to the virus. Thank you. I'll try to participate in the poetry chat.

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  6. Terje's photos are stunning and I love all of the aliteration with the Bs.

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  7. Thank you for the poem, Carol. Yes, this small and delicate flower brings so much hope when it appears. Many of them together create a blue carpet on a forest floor. In Estonian it's called "sinilill" ; "sini" part of "sinine" = blue, and "lill"=flower.

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  8. Beautiful photos and how powerful and TRUE is your poem - it exemplifies the fighting spirit we must have to overcome. Nature does nurture us on the darkest days - perhaps that's why nature seems arrayed in more glory than ever this spring.

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  9. Oh I loved your virtual card and your last line about nature nurturing our hearts! :)

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  10. A beautiful collaboration between you and Terje. You always bring us together around nature.

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