In honor of World Poetry Day, I’m sharing some of my favorite poems. Beginning with a Renga poem that Team TLC wrote together in September 2015. We wrote the poem in TLC order.
Renga is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry. Poets work in pairs or small groups, taking turns composing alternating three-line and two-line stanzas. To create a renga, one poet writes the first stanza, which is three lines long. The next poet add the second stanza of two lines.
Love is Magical
Cows are loud and can moo
sometimes they say,
I love you!Cows have milk,
and cows eat grass.You are surrounded by love
every breath you take is love
You are loveGuinea pigs wheek and guinea pigs meek,
lovey dovey guinea piggy moo!Love is the butterfly
gracefully it flies
magical is it’s colorLove is magical
the alchemy of peace.Airplanes flying
through the air
fun galare!How beautiful the bird flies,
as the wind.Love is the tree
Love is the flower
Love is the silence.Flowers blossom
pollen falls.Rainbow is the sky
Rainbow is the water
Rainbow is the colors of the earth.Nature is love
Nature knows how to be.Team tlc
always kind
always thinking.Kindness is always there
Kindness is like friendshipA wise man
is kind to the kind
and kind to the unkindA wise man
under a treeBlue bird flies to Alaska
Red bird flies to Hawaii
White bird flies to AustraliaThe magical hummingbird
arrives on a warm summer daySushi
best food ever
try somePineapple
Most delicious food everMindful eating
Mindful living
The way of peace and happinessEating is fun
and yummyApple trees grow with sunshine
Butterflies grow with food
Cake gets eaten fast or slow.Beings, trees, and insects
We are all one love.
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Little Kindness
by William Wadsworth
Small service is true service while it lasts,
Of humblest friends, bright creature, scorn not one;
The daisy by the shadow which it casts
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.
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Nature is What We See
by Emily Dickinson“Nature is what we see –
The Hill – the Afternoon-
Squirrel-Eclipse-the Bumble bee-
Nay-Nature is Heaven-
Nature is what we hear-
The Bobolink-the Sea-
Thunder-The Cricket-
Nay-Nature is Harmony-
Nature is what we know-
Yet have no art to say-
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.
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Afternoon on a Hill
by Edna St. Vincent MillayI will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.And when lights begin to show
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down!
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love is a place
by e.e. cummingslove is a place
& through this place of
love move
(with brightness of peace)
all placesyes is a world
& in this world of
yes live
(skillfully curled)
all worlds.
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There are many more poets and poems I really love!! Yet, this post would have gone on way too long!!
Blessings,
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