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femmedem

(8,203 posts)
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 05:27 PM Jan 2019

I 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.

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I wrote a little poem, first time in forever. (Original Post) femmedem Jan 2019 OP
Ah, speaks to me. thank you. delisen Jan 2019 #1
Thank you! It's an embarrassingly true picture of my life femmedem Jan 2019 #4
Very nice! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2019 #2
Thank you so much! femmedem Jan 2019 #6
I'm glad you do! I have fun taking them. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2019 #8
Nice! Karadeniz Jan 2019 #3
Thank you! Yes, this reminded me I need more of this. femmedem Jan 2019 #7
Awesome! n/t violetpastille Jan 2019 #5
Aww thanks. n/t femmedem Jan 2019 #9
It has an evocative, unbound haiku effect. Harker Jan 2019 #10
Thank you for reading it. femmedem Jan 2019 #11
My pleasure. Harker Jan 2019 #12
Oh! One of yours? femmedem Jan 2019 #13
Came to me after reading yours Harker Jan 2019 #14
That made my night. femmedem Jan 2019 #16
K & R LAS14 Jan 2019 #15
Thank you! n/t femmedem Jan 2019 #19
Keep writing! akraven Jan 2019 #17
8 below, brrrrr! femmedem Jan 2019 #18

femmedem

(8,203 posts)
4. Thank you! It's an embarrassingly true picture of my life
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 05:32 PM
Jan 2019

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.

femmedem

(8,203 posts)
11. Thank you for reading it.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 07:23 PM
Jan 2019

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.

femmedem

(8,203 posts)
16. That made my night.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 11:27 PM
Jan 2019

Yours sounds as if you write often, or at least read deeply. Thank you for sharing it.

akraven

(1,975 posts)
17. Keep writing!
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 11:22 AM
Jan 2019

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

(8,203 posts)
18. 8 below, brrrrr!
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 12:59 PM
Jan 2019

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.

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