Sweet little things curled inside the big things
Sweet love there between all that hate
Poor rich things craving even more things
Overeating many things can’t hold their weight
Wonderful lives beyond thought’s old archives
Lots of breathing without dead cement
Lichens dancing, spiders basking
Mind with nature beyond malcontent
Wiggly wormies, squiggly squirmies
Magic mysteries, love all and each
Wandering moments, joyous laughing
Holding hands though they say we’re out of reach
Lichens Dancing … Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
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Nice Tom! 🙂
Much appreciated, Kym! Keep dancing too! 🙂
My pleasure Tom! 😀
That’s lovely, Tom – the thoughts and the words.
Thank you, LV! The long, wide view is always better than the narrow! 🙂
I love your uplifting poem and Dancing Lichen photo. 🙂
Thanks so much, Scifi! You were getting rain and now we seem to be getting bone-dry! We need more of that wet stuff if our lichens will dance the best dances! 🙂
I hope they will survive a little dry spell, as they are so slow growing and long lived. 🙂
Lichens dancing? To their own beat, no doubt … delightful to consider what might be revealed if lichen were filmed for extended periods. And no two patches would be alike! (“Slow dance” takes on new connotations.)
Awesome idea, Jazz! However, i sure am not going to be returning there with my camera over and over! 🙂
Lovely lichens and verse, Tom!
Much appreciated, Sandy! Sometimes the hues of the Lichens are unbelievable! 🙂
My heart is dancing for your Lichen!
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I’m likin’ your lichen photo. 🙂
I’m likin’ that you’re likin’ it! 🙂
Great poem – made me smile and the photo was so colorful. It reminds me of pictures you have seen of the Great Barrier Reef coral, before it began slowly losing its colorful character. P.S. … Who knew lichens were so likable?
Yes, Linda, viewing them brought out thoughts of Coral Reef in me too! So sad about the real Coral Reefs dying the way that they are. We, as a world people, really need to wake up and go beyond fossil fuels. So sad that leaders, like Trump, are turning their backs on the environment. This poor world is tiny and is sicker than sick! We need to wake up!
I agree with you Tom – those Coral Reefs are never going to be the same with the many things that are causing their destruction. For years they thrived and now pollution and bad eco practices will leave them mere shadows of their original glory … if they survive at all. I was horrified to hear Trump had no plans to protect our environment – people can protest all they want about the forests and water and natural beauty and it unfortunately falls on deaf ears.
Sad, isn’t it! The ants and spiders will be here long after we are gone.
Wonderful!
Much appreciated, Belinda! 🙂 Too cold here (again)!
After we discussed the damage done to coral reefs, along comes this story in the “NY Times” … well hurrah for Hawaii. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/travel/hawaii-sunscreen-ban.html