This year, both I and my husband took some initiative and went flower shopping in our nearest garden center. He brought roses in a variety of shades and colors while I got a couple of citrus trees and some creepers. The trees promise to bear fruit in a year or so and the creepers are growing nicely. The need is to maintain a balance between too much care and neglect. 🤩
Spring is that time of the year
That invites us to venture out
See the greenery sparkling in the sun
And flowers blooming in the garden
Come out, step out in the outdoors
Enjoy this exhibit from nature before it fades away!
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Green leaves making their presence feltThe April lily has decided to bloom in March Nasturtium? No these are Daisies
The pantoum consists of a series of quatrains rhyming ABAB in which the second and fourth lines of a quatrain recur as the first and third lines in the succeeding quatrain;
Each quatrain introduces a new second rhyme as BCBC, CDCD;
The first line of the series recurs as the last line of the closing quatrain, and the third line of the poem recurs as the second line of the closing quatrain, rhyming ZAZA;
The design is simple:
Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 (repeat of line 2) Line 6 Line 7 (repeat of line 4) Line 8
Continue with as many stanzas as you wish, but the ending stanza then repeats the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza (as its first and third lines), and also repeats the third line of the first stanza, as its second line, and the first line of the first stanza as its fourth. So the first line of the poem is also the last.
Last stanza:
Line 2 of previous stanza Line 3 of first stanza Line 4 of previous stanza Line 1 of first stanza
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It was left abandoned and gathering dust
Having adorned my wrist for so many years
The watch I wore with pride is now collecting rust
Without its reassuring presence I had so many fears
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Having adorned my wrist for so many years
I was able to be on time, was given punctual as a label
Without its reassuring presence, I had so many fears
Of missed appointments and messed up time table
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Now a fitness tracker my left wrist bears
I had the audacity of replacing my watch
To feel elation when I complete my target as it cheers
I moved ahead with my goals, bringing my fitness up a notch
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I had the audacity of replacing my watch
The watch I wore with pride is now collecting rust
I moved ahead with my goals, bringing my fitness up a notch
It was left abandoned and gathering dust
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This is the first time I’ve written a complicated poem like this pantoum! So if I haven’t followed the rules I beg forgiveness 😅
In this week, I’d like you to spare one minute to watch this video and reflect on it. Give it a little more time if you struggle to understand or agree with it.
Here’s the video
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The world recently celebrated international day of happiness on 20th March.
We seek happiness and expect to find it
In people, events and achievements of ours
“This will make me happy or that will make me happy”, we say
But that sort of happiness is so transient, fleeting
It brings a temporary joy that evaporates like mist under the sun
Lasting feeling of joy come from contentment within ourselves
When our conscience is satisfied and we have achieved inner peace
Then every moment brings us joy for our souls are enriched
With the knowledge that we are doing the best we can
Regarding ourselves, and those around us, to the best of our abilities
That we are being mindful of everything around us
And we are giving back at least as much as we are receiving
True happiness comes from a heart that’s at peace with itself
Lasting joy is only possible if we are happy with whom we are
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Something about the spellings of Happyness- I loved the movie “In pursuit of Happyness” and used these spellings to pay tribute to this wonderful autobiography
I’m sharing a link to my post; Chasing happiness that I wrote when I started my blog in 2018
Keep it alive 
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