A new #poem as I wrap my head around the world. If we are all to be healthy and grow, we must use any authority we are given in the spirit of #justice and #kindness . BTW, we all have SOME authority.

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Preparing for our big move more south to a slower lifestyle, a healthier lifestyle. My husband's #retirement has been good for us. Enjoy your #Friday , and peace out, people. ☮️

#KatherinesCoffeehouse #haiku #poetry #poem #aging #nature

As we approach #MothersDay , I remember my mother, who worked too hard, who worked too long, who died too young because she did not have time to care for herself. Please take care of yourselves. Please take care of one another.

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Perhaps a walk in the rain might help. 🤷‍♀️

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As we move - furniture, homes, in another direction, wherever - we discover things we forgot we have saved. And we are reminded, aren't we?

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Shrinking is a choice.

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An exercise in perception. What assumptions do we make about other people? About creatives? About poets?

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More and more as we approach Mother's Day.

Thank you to #poet Sheena Mosier for inspiring the title of this poem, which may very well become the title of my next book. 👉👉katherinegotthardt.com/2024/05/09/the…

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This female cardinal came right to the window and would not stop calling until I paid attention to it.

#TrueStory #SundayMorning #KatherinesCoffeehouse #poetry #poem 🐦ThirtyYearsOfCardinals.com

Inspired by a conversation with #poet , Geoff Anderson. What kind of #impact are you making and how? If it's purely financial, if you are not legitimately helping people, that's not impact. That's just #capitalism .

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Sometimes I write #poems about #technology .

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This #poem draft is about a lot of things. If you aren't up for something heavy, don't read it. But it's always a good time to examine our actions and their impact.

#KatherinesCoffeehouse #poetry #war #HumanNature #nature #philosophy
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Have you ever listened to raindrops falling from leaves the morning after a storm? That's poetry, my friends. 💜 Enjoy your Monday.

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wanting to be
remembered differently
trashed old diaries
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#poetry #haiku

In case you're wondering, yes, I do wake up like this. 😄 Have a wonderful Monday!

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Happy Monday! What are you celebrating today? What will you hold on to?

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A new #poem draft about having to do things we should not have to do, especially when there are already enough things that are our responsibility.

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Timber wolf loggers
Chain saws bite the bark and root
Timber! Howls the wolf

#haiku #vss365 #WritingPrompt #timberwolf #KatherinesCoffeehouse #poetry #poem #prompt #nature #spring #spring time #vssdaily

Other Times

other times
it feels like
not even
the worst
what ifs
can scratch
the too long
awaited album
of silence
on a Sunday
morning
in May
vinyl winged
geese tracking
the latest
sunrise

Katherine M. Gotthardt, copyright 2024
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