Thursday, March 3, 2016

Contemplating good fortune in the wilderness

                                                                                 Attribution: Photo by Laitche
Image: In the Wilderness (here)

Sunday Whirligig's 11 of 12 given words:
wilderness, praise counsel north, city darkness 
enemy thanks hungry, thirsty works

3WW given words:
naked obey piercing

Contemplating good fortune in the wilderness
Quiet undisturbed, life stood still for long moments
No noise pollution dusty air swirling, traffic madness
Praise be for good counsel collectively sound

North city lights piercing the darkness unrelenting
Enemy within unperturbed to obey base tendencies
Naked in their desire to unsettle those citizens law-abiding
The essence of existence of robbers and thieves

Country surroundings however could not be all heavenly
Some pushed down through poverty striving to survive
Thanks to adverse occasions they could go hungry and thirsty
To each his own for the way it worked, realities in life

For MMT's Sunday Whirligig #49
Thomg's 3WW week 469 and
ABHRA's at d'Verse's OpenLink Night

12 comments:

  1. I'll live in the first stanza please :)

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  2. We do idolize the countryside indeed.. Poverty could be there, even if we enjoy the fresh air.

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  3. "Thanks to adverse occasions they could go hungry and thirsty
    To each his own for the way it worked, realities in life"

    I second that Hank...have a good weekend.

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  4. I do love the countryside -- love the photo you used here. But you are right....the country side can also hide poverty and the harsher things, when we look ideally, that we do not see.

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  5. Country surroundings however could not be all heavenly
    Some pushed down through poverty striving to survive

    That's painfully true.. powerfully written Hank.

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  6. Sounds like a good place to be, specially after a stressful week Hank ~

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  7. I suppose there are pros and cons to all aspects of life and locations, right?

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  8. Hank, this is a reminder that it is your turn at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai with the Haiku no Renga that we're doing.

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  9. It is a good point that the countryside is not all bright and easy - to live on the land is hard work and quite different from taking a trip for a day to enjoy it..

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  10. There can be stuff in the country that is well hidden indeed.

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  11. We never know what lurks in the wilderness good-or bad so true Hank.

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  12. sMiLes.. it was often
    thought that wolves
    were thieves.. but truly
    all they were doing
    was sharing
    the spoils
    of
    collecting
    what was alWays free..
    hmm.. God is a Wolf
    in
    sheep's
    clothing
    when imprisoned
    as anything less than free..:)

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