A Fifty Step Wednesday Walk In Verse

oblique light.
with shorter days comes
longer sight

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Maybe it's the sun hitting me full on the face
that has me pondering the ineffable
or the unsaid
and looking for answers
at my feet

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It doesn't suck
to not know the name
of a color

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Oh let me drink my fill of this!
this weird hanging on of the leaves
massages my eyes
and I forget
for a moment
about my aching knee

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Surprise!
That odd splotch in the last photo
is a cat
about to transport up

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Who is it that once said
No post is complete without a picture of a cat?

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It may be in nearly every front yard in America
a plant that most of us pass by without thought
but it does have its moments

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Hydrangea -
lime light in summer
vine ripe in fall

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I still can't walk far without consequences, but I can hobble out a ways from my front door - perfect fodder for a #wednesdaywalk post hosted by @tattoodj. If you haven't had the pleasure, please check it out here

I've always thought #wednesdaywalk was a challenge of many personal gifts and this is what it gave me this week, wonder at the littlest things a short hobble from my front door, and an irresistable urge to write poetry.

Thank you for coming along.

All the poems above are completely spontaneous freewrites. The haiku (in the 3/5/3 style of mizu no oto by @bananfish) is the best of the bunch. It's a fantastic haiku, eh @marcoricardi? I'd spent hours on the images for this post, and that haiku just popped out as you suggested it might! What a rush!

This is also my entry for @mariannewest's daily freewrite challenge here even though it has nothing whatsoever to do with the prompt "night shift". I just think those folks might like my post, and they are a forgiving bunch.

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All images are my own unless otherwise stated.

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