Everything Around You Duplex
in a Georgia State Park, you can breathe –
everything around you is pure and natural
organic beauty seeps from everything around you
in picturesque form, unclouded with worry
wild simplicity in picturesque form beckons
you to take a pulse check: slow down. breathe.
take a pulse check and breathe clean air
unclogging oxygen to free the mind
unclogging troubles, releasing drama, lifting spirits
like fireflies writing crystallizing truths
on a canvas of trees- truths that set you free
to savor moments, re-oriented with a fresh mindset
a fresh mindset that re-orients the soul
in a Georgia State Park, where you can breathe
Invitation to write:
https://www.nrpa.org/events/july/park-and-recreation-month-our-community-poem/
Common Threads 
I love this response to Kwame’s prompt. The duplex is a perfect form for capturing the celebration of parks snd nature. And thank you for sharing the challenge w/ me. I think I forgot to say that earlier. 🥰
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Kim, thank you so much for sharing the link to this call for poetry. I wrote one spring the poetry marathon, thanks to your email. What a lovely way to celebrate Parks and Recreation month. It's obvious from your beautiful duplex that you know the power of parks to re-orient mindsets and unclog troubles. Thanks again for sharing. I'll look forward to seeing the final project.
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“Organic” has been one of my favorite words for a long time…not so much to do with food etc. but as in processes and relationships and the natural world you convey here. This idea of unclogging – powerful, so needed; and oh these lines: “fireflies writing crystallizing truths/on a canvas of trees- truths that set you free” – I am absolutely savoring those. They glitter and gleam like living jewels!
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