Simplicity
The simplicity of the day
A walk in the park
Dog by my side
Who cares if she barks
Breathe in the fresh air
take in the sights
flowering bushes
the hazy morning light
Camera in my pocket
Capturing things I now see
Once too busy to notice
Seeing the beauty of a tree
Stimulating visions of nature
With a coterie doing likewise
Exchanging traditional greetings
With new friendships to initialize
Sitting at the gazebo
Spotting some birds
Writing down my findings
Making poetry from my words
Simple activities of daily life
Fulfilling and pleasurable
Enhancing, enriching
Its gift immeasurable
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Stimulating
Camera
Tradition
Coterie
Gina's Tuesday Prompt at DVerse Poets - The Magic of Ordinary Thing
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Wonderful, you have captured the ordinary so well, evocative, and I love the narrative style of this.
Thank you Paul. I always appreciate your feedback. I fear my poetry is sometimes too story-like 😔
It is one method and it works 🙂
Perfect ordinary magic, Christine. Lovely poem.
Thanks so much for reading it 🙂
A perfect day, I’d say!
Yes! It’s typically what I do 😀💕
Seeing the beauty of a tree, lovely. Excellent poem making an good point. 🙂
Take time to smell the roses, as they say. Thanks Kristian
If we stop and watch, life around us is so magical. Lovely capture Christine! 🙂❤️
Thanks you my friend 💕
My pleasure, dear.
Really wonderful Christine. A relaxed, observant, and inclusive experience reading this piece. So well written, thank you… :-/)
Thank you Rob! That makes me feel good about it. I really appreciate your thoughts and feedback 🙂
That is the ordinary magic. I like this line of breathing and the freshness of the air makes it magical: “Breathe in the fresh air”
Thank you Frank. I always appreciate your feedback 🙂💕
Lovely…
I’m so happy you liked it! 🙂Thank you
A really great poem.
Thanks so much Sadje 🙂💕
You’re welcome
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Regulation of
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words created out of the sunlight that filtered through your heart, this is pure magic Christine. thank you for writing such an amazing poem for the prompt. the things around you open up their beauty and you see it, document it, capture it’s finest moments in a poem. if a day could be magic, you have created it.
You are too kind. I just see the beauty because I now have the time. Working for so long I had no time for any of these luxuries like walking in the park and watching the birds. Isn’t that sad. 😕 Thank you got your kind words 💕
i am glad you can do this now too, it is sad when we have to work such long hours, you will be making up for that now I am so very sure. you have a lovely eye for photography and i love how you creatively transcribe all you see.
Thank you sweet friend 💕