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timmy's poetry - 53. See and To Sir, with love

A couple today, totally unrelated. The second for Michael, finally.

See

 

 

We take it all for granted; our world

The changing of the seasons

Sunrise, sunset

The trill of the cicadas

Sweet singing of song birds

 

Twice a year great vees of geese

Honk as they travel to and fro

Autumn, Spring

Little things too migrate like

Swallows and Monarch butterflies

 

And we huddle here in the heat and cold

Bustling, rushing always, there and back

Hither, dither

Staring at screens, we miss the chipmunk

And the flight of the bumblebee

 

 

 

 

To Sir, with love

 

I don’t deserve the title – boy

I don’t deserve Your trust

I’ve failed in so many ways

Do as you feel You must

 

After doing so much wrong

I know I’ve finally chosen right

I’ll be your willing lump of clay

Sir, you, I will no longer fight

 

I’ve never been totally Yours

Was always at arm’s length

I know You ever felt it

But now I need Your strength

 

My willfulness I’ve finally shed

Your lessons I’m prepared to learn

I’m ready now to accept Your word

Your love, with my submission, earn

 

 

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Staring at screens, we miss the chipmunk

And the flight of the bumblebee

 

I have mused as to why I feel a need to walk outside - even if it's cold or rainy - rather than inside on a treadmill. These two lines say it best. I have a need to see and hear the world around me. No headphones do I wear.

 

As for the second poem? It seems you've found what centres you and gives you peace. Not always and easy thing to do. I am happy for you, tim.  

 

As always, nicely done. :) 

 

 

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Both are great poems. See is one I can connect with very strongly. Even as a teen, I somewhat dreaded the chore of putting in/taking out the screen for the porch door. Not that I minded the task itself, but I always felt I should be memorializing the changing of the seasons with something more permanent. With this poem, you have done just that. 

 

For the second one, it's beautiful. 

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These are both beautiful tim. While technically not connected. They are, both have you self-reflective. 
See, shows us too busy to celebrate and appreciate the things around us. We need that time to breathe, center, and reconnect to our surroundings. 
The second is a renewal of vows. To be obedient, giving yourself fully. A promise to be all that you can be. 
Both are beautiful sentiments simple and reminders of things not to be taken for granted.. Great job lil brother. xoxo 

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And we huddle here in the heat and cold

Bustling, rushing always, there and back

Hither, dither

Staring at screens, we miss the chipmunk

And the flight of the bumblebee

 

Beautifully done. "See" is a simple elegant poem of nature.

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On 9/22/2017 at 9:44 AM, Parker Owens said:

See is such a deceptively simple title for the wonders and joys you describe. The symphonies of geese, the crystal clear days and misty mornings, and the butterflies passing through the golds and purples of my garden: your words bring them all to mind as you pianist your images so vividly. 

 

To Sir offers me a very different kind of supply for my imagination. But the passion and emotion that springs from every stanza cannot help but set the heart resonating. 

 

These are both beautifully done tim. 

thank you very much Parker. 

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On 9/22/2017 at 1:12 PM, Reader1810 said:

Staring at screens, we miss the chipmunk

And the flight of the bumblebee

 

I have mused as to why I feel a need to walk outside - even if it's cold or rainy - rather than inside on a treadmill. These two lines say it best. I have a need to see and hear the world around me. No headphones do I wear.

 

As for the second poem? It seems you've found what centres you and gives you peace. Not always and easy thing to do. I am happy for you, tim.  

 

As always, nicely done. :) 

 

 

just going for a walk brings peace doesn't it?  leave the noise behind ... 

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On 9/22/2017 at 5:33 PM, AC Benus said:

Both are great poems. See is one I can connect with very strongly. Even as a teen, I somewhat dreaded the chore of putting in/taking out the screen for the porch door. Not that I minded the task itself, but I always felt I should be memorializing the changing of the seasons with something more permanent. With this poem, you have done just that. 

 

For the second one, it's beautiful. 

Interesting to hear what you were thinking about.. you were not a 'normal' teen i dont think... thanks for reading and your comments

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On 9/23/2017 at 5:00 AM, BlindAmbition said:

These are both beautiful tim. While technically not connected. They are, both have you self-reflective. 
See, shows us too busy to celebrate and appreciate the things around us. We need that time to breathe, center, and reconnect to our surroundings. 
The second is a renewal of vows. To be obedient, giving yourself fully. A promise to be all that you can be. 
Both are beautiful sentiments simple and reminders of things not to be taken for granted.. Great job lil brother. xoxo 

i love your insight and how you look at things, jp .. you see things i never do ..i love to see your comments xoxxo

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