I posted a dark poem yesterday, Devil Winds Laugh While We Argue About Why, about the heat and our world. It’s odd how funny I feel after posting something negative, like I need to apologize.
Of course I don’t … as Joe Linker said about the poem in his kind reply to my comment on his poem Keeping Cool,
“I read that poem earlier. It gives off some heat! Lets off steam. Good work.”
Thank you, Joe! I’m a sucker for positive feedback.
Letting off steam is OK and even healthy, and yet I still felt the need to post something positive today. But it’s almost 6:00 p.m. on Friday and I’ve been hunched at a computer thinking really hard all day, so I wanted to do something really short and then get on with Friday night festivities. Luckily, I captured images of several really special moments in nature at Gumbo Cove from our Labor Day weekend trip that would definitely suffice.
The first thing I wanted to share was this double rainbow that greeted us when we arrived. It felt like a hug from the sky.
The next was a beautiful sunset, another big hug from the sky.
There was a juvenile heron who let me get close enough to take a nice profile pic.
The final one was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, posed on the railing of the deck where we had our lunch one rainy afternoon. It was so incredibly peaceful. I wanted to write a short poem or haiku about the simple pleasure of a PB&J on a rainy day, the comfort of a childhood taste memory, the surge of mindfulness and even joy when you smell the rain.
But then something tickled the back of my mind… would I be plagiarizing myself?
Hadn’t I written a similar poem before? Some kind of ode to peanut butter and simple pleasures?
Yes, Dear Readers, I had.
I was also at Gumbo Cove when I wrote it, just after 2019 turned the page to 2020. It’s one of my favorites because of the gentle sweetness and memories it conjures. So I’m sharing it again as the yin to yesterday’s yang, or perhaps it’s the yang to yesterday’s yin?
The post from January 2 of 2020 is repeated below.
gentle things and small moments
Everyone touches the world in their own way. Making my own tiny imprint through this blog, I want to write more about the small moments and gentle things in life.
And so it goes – I’m finding balance between darkness and light, through nature, poetry, PB&J, whimsy, mindfulness, letting off steam sometimes, and most importantly, my interactions with wonderful humans.
How do you find the balance?
© 2023, Glover Gardens
Love it!
Just concentrating on nature for a while, and seeing the beauty we have around us is amazing.
My balance this week has been speed, I have been winding down between adventures. The weather in Scotland has been very kind this week, and I write this as my tea is brewing. A seat in the garden before some chores and some mountain biking with my family.
I can envision it, Chris, a cool early fall afternoon, all of you winding your way through hill and dale where everything is beautiful and green. Nice!
And one more thing – you’re inspiring me to write about Scotland. So many amazing things were revealed and experienced during my trips this summer that haven’t been shared yet. Thanks for the prompt!