Category: Mindfulness
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Each Stroke of My Paddle
With each dip and pull through the water you propel me into a natural hush quieting my mind and muffling the world’s dissonance peace ripples through my being each stroke guides me back renewed and ready to face the waves of my life. VerseLove # 5 – Poetic Drive-bys Prompt: Think of a person, place…
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Spring Haiku Hunt
I just finished reading Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku by Natalie Goldberg. Part of my learning was that haiku does not need to be written in the 5-7-5 syllable pattern that I had always learned but it can just be 3 short lines. The tricky part is…
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Student Gift + Word Play = Math Poems
I was gifted this magnetic poetry kit by one of my students. He knows that I enjoy math and writing poetry. I was intrigued by the words that would be inside and how they would fit into poems. The little box sat on my shelf for a few months. Then today while I was cleaning,…
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Come Out and Enjoy the Day
“Come out and enjoy the day!” chirps the chickadee perched on my deck rail, head turning from side to side trying to hold me in its gaze. “Come out and enjoy the day!” beckons the squirrel investigating the snowless deck, bounding over to my French doors, glancing in to invite me to join him. “Come…
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Songs of My Life
There are certain songs that are tied very closely to different times in my life. The music has supported me through grief, joy, disappointment and celebrations. Just hearing the beginning notes brings forth vivid feelings, sometimes tears, laughter, smiles or sighs join the melody. The songs wrap me in a supportive hug as I replay…
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A Few of My Favorite Things
Trails through forests and footsteps on needles Bright colored foliage and ladybird beetles Small, black chickadees ready to sing These are a few of my favorite things. Blank empty notebooks and bright colored inkjoys, Stickers and pencils and writing with no noise Capturing words from my mind as they spring, These are a few of…
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Morning Grumbles
I do not like waking in the dark It makes me grumble and bark. My waking energy it does not spark Sleepiness leaves it groggy mark. Time may be enjoying this lark But I prefer light for each day’s embark. Obviously, I am not enjoying the time change. Now the darkness wanes at 7:23, after…
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Bullseye….Huzzah!
So last night I tried something new- axe throwing. It was a fun time for sure but it gave me an unexpected feeling as well- powerfulness! I felt so powerful as I stood before the full size wall target with my feet shoulder-width apart. My arms were raised with locked elbows right in front of…
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The Candy Jar Falls in Defeat
At school, today was a Student Data Review Day. This meant that I was going to be sitting in a conference room all day as teachers rotated through to talk about each of their students. I walked in the conference room and immediately froze. In the middle of the table was a large candy jar…
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Calmed and Renewed
From harsh fluorescent light …………..to subtle filtered daylight From boisterousness halls ………………to quiet chair From rush, rush, rush …………………………to plant yourself and be From racing, circling thoughts…………to a tameness of mind From unconscious breathing …………..to intentional filling and releasing From shoulders raised to ears ………….to muscles releasing, letting go From tense, stressed, annoyed ………..to relaxed,…
Doodads and Doodles 