Thursday, May 14, 2020

Nature Is a Healer

Since the pandemic started raging, human life has been affected by such emotions as fear, rage, and isolation making the old idiom, cabin fever, an ever-growing concern.  Many people have tried to relieve internal stress through daily walks. I find it soothing and even when I walk the same route, I look for changes because nature does positively affect my mood. 

I am not the only one who feels the power of nature. Blogger Mukesh Mani, states at his blog site"Just a few minutes of being in nature makes us feel healed and restored. Nature gives us strength, drains away all negative energy and fills us to the brim with positive energy."   Author, Mary Davis, notes“A walk in nature walks the soul back home.”

To many, nature has proven to be a healer. Let's take a gallery walk through nature with some of my poet friends to read their poetic perspectives on the theme for my upcoming global gallery of artistic expressions, #NatureNurtures2020.

“Joy is finding the holy in the small and the sacred in the every day,” (Quote by Mary Davis) 
even when winter-like snow nestles into spring days. 
Enjoy a short-sleeve day when the weather turns back to spring.

"The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see." -Mary Davis 



Small clumps of purple flowers pose on a soft green lawn as the sun radiates heat from a cloudless sky.  Standing tall the purple blossoms invite human touch. I lean down to retrieve a few to press in a book as I did as a child. I walk on with my spring treasures breathing fresh air through my mask.
snippets of joy
signs of hope wrapped in my hand -
share  spring's promise
©CV, 2020

You can find more poetry goodness at Nature Nurtures! Padlet here. I will showcase other Poetry Friday poets' work in subsequent blog posts. For now, I am joining the Poetry Friday Roundup at Jama Rattigan's blog, Jama's Alphabet Soup, where she is offering chocolate chip cookies and poetry to celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. 

If you would like to offer an artistic expression to the gallery, please send it to the padlet and my Twitter handle, @cvarsalona, with the hashtag #NatureNurtures2020.

23 comments:

  1. I love your sharing, Carol, & just imagine what a joy the entire gallery will bring! Mary Davis' words are so right: “A walk in nature walks the soul back home.” Thanks as always on your work for these collections!

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    1. Linda, what a weekend I had. It was spent with techs from Friday afternoon to today. My internet went down, lost the bulk of #NatureNurtures2020 image poems, resurrected then with Apple's expertise, and spent hours upon hours with tech issues. This is not what I expected but this is life. I wish I could have spent the time outside luxuriating in nature's sunshine.

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  2. Thanks for sharing these -- enjoyed the the calming effect of these poems. Yes, nature is a great healer (as is music)!

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    1. Yes, Jama, music is a healer also. I am hoping that I can find the peace of nature this week during the rainstorms. Thanks for dropping by.

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  3. Gorgeous....I feel better for having strolled through the posting. And, it's even warm and sunny outside. Yay!

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    1. Poetry always soothes the soul, Linda. I am glad that you took a stroll through this mini-gallery.

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  4. Thank you for featuring my little poem today on the blog. There are so many to choose from. We need beauty in the world right now.

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    1. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. It may be gray today but the color green is lighting up my view.

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  5. I love that you're sharing a few highlights each week, Carol. It's so nice to browse a few lovely images and poems. Like a mini-meditation...

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    1. Laura, mini-meditation is such a wonderful term for a gallery walk through nature poems. Thank you for sharing that with me. I am actually using the term in my new gallery.

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  6. Always beauty here... thanks so much, Carol!

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    1. Thank you for sharing the beauty of planet earth with me here at this mini-gallery, Karen.

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  7. Lovely poems! Thanks you for sharing.

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    1. ...and thank you for stopping by, Rose. I am going to share some more nature image poems at my slice tomorrow.

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  8. Didn't get out for my walk today, Carol, but this is done nicely. Thanks!

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    1. So this mini-gallery could substitute for your walk, Michelle. LOL!

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  9. Thanks for sharing these Carol. Your posts and your collections are always so rich. Linda's Blue Preserves was my favourite today. What a clever image.

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    1. I do love Linda's Blue Preserve poem. When she created the digital drawing, I asked if she would have a poem to accompany and here it is. Lucky us!

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  10. This is such a beautiful and comforting collection, Carol! Your galleries are always so rich and I so appreciate your generosity in creating and curating them!

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    1. I am designing Nature Nurtures 2020, Molly, and I see you have new #PoemsofPresence that would be a beautiful addition. There is richness in nature.

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  11. This is a really informative knowledge, Thanks for posting this informative Information. Nature's Soul Fresh

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    1. Nature's Soul Fresh is a good title for a poem or blog, Steve. Thanks for taking a gallery walk with me.

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  12. Thanks Carol, for this rich and textural walk in nature with poems and images. I'm ready to dive into anyone here, they are both calming and refreshing!

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