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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI wrote a little poem, first time in forever.
Lugging buckets of salt for tomorrow's ice storm,
Distracted with questions about a funding application,
I step into the kitchen--
Oh hey.
Why does my cat-filled house smell so sweet?
Little lemon tree,
barely two sticks straining
to carry the weight of a single fruit,
thank you again
for blooming.
delisen
(6,044 posts)femmedem
(8,208 posts)stinky cat boxes and all.
I've been working 60+ hour weeks on a project with a looming deadline, and it was good to suddenly notice something else. I feel human again.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)Keep writing!
femmedem
(8,208 posts)I enjoy your photos!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)Karadeniz
(22,574 posts)Glad you took time to "smell the roses." Often too busy for that!
femmedem
(8,208 posts)Both smelling the roses and making some art.
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)femmedem
(8,208 posts)Harker
(14,040 posts)Thanks for sharing it!
femmedem
(8,208 posts)So long ago, I used to meditate. That moment when I stepped into the kitchen felt like the first time I'd been awake in eons. That's what I get from a good haiku, too. I'm so happy it evoked that for you.
Harker
(14,040 posts)a poem
at serrate leaf's edge
one dewdrop
femmedem
(8,208 posts)Also evocative!
Harker
(14,040 posts)and visualizing.
Thanks for the inspiration!
femmedem
(8,208 posts)Yours sounds as if you write often, or at least read deeply. Thank you for sharing it.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)femmedem
(8,208 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)I won't experience the bad stormy weather (we sent it there, sorry). But we have a little lemon tree, inside of course, it's only 8 below so the garden will wait a few months.
Hugs from Fairbanks, and this is so saved!
https://www.weather.gov/afg/
femmedem
(8,208 posts)It's going to drop from the high 40's to 6 today, but 8 below is brutal. Glad you have a lemon tree, too--and I hope you enjoy the scent as much as I do.
Thanks for the encouragement.