The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
of JzB see my other blog, Retirement Blues. (There be dragons!)

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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku

"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

I G Tuesday platform


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FOOD FOR THOUGHT




     ROOT AND BRANCH

I never thought that I would be
Moldering beneath a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against what used to be my chest;

A tree who sends its roots down deep
To draw on my eternal sleep;

And up above its branches grow
Nourished by my limbs below.

Poems are made by food like me.
Who might end up feeding a tree.

~~::~~

Imaginary Garden With Real Toads



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6 comments:

  1. brudbergMarch 10, 2015 at 12:14 PM

    And still from the trees grow poems like on the leaves..

    Wonderful thoughts .. but I'm sure those poems are not yet signed by you.

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  2. Kerry O'ConnorMarch 10, 2015 at 1:13 PM

    I saw an article on this subject, and I quite like the idea of being food for a tree but perhaps not left in a pod-like casing.

    I like the whimsy of your piece, and especially the final couplet.

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  3. UnknownMarch 10, 2015 at 5:51 PM

    That's a really cool way to see the never ending cycle

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  4. Vandana SharmaMarch 11, 2015 at 10:12 AM

    Poetry : food for soul

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  5. lynn__March 11, 2015 at 7:04 PM

    You make me chuckle...thanks

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  6. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerMarch 11, 2015 at 7:29 PM

    I too like the idea of being food for a tree--humility and practicality in death--

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