Sunday, June 24, 2018

It doesn't matter if it hurts a wee bit

                                                                                                 Author PhotoBobil
Image: A Great Blue Heron flying
confidently with nesting material (here)

the 10 of 12 given words:
limbo rattle images pit fold 
ring safe nowhere pill shell

In a limbo appearing rather lost
May rattle faint hearts to no end
Avoid images of horror at all cost
With a view to make amends

Pit one's confidence against adversities
Not to fold meekly under mild distractions
Ring safe in one's domains quite simply
Nowhere does it say to remain silent

Swallow a bitter pill so what of it
Shell out intelligent rebuttals to show resilience
It doesn't matter if it hurts a wee bit
Life is more fun to invoke a good response

Brenda's The Sunday Whirl 357
Kerry's at Real Toad's  - to write not
more than 12 lines and to include
-  it doesn't matter
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #408
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16 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue SkyJune 24, 2018 at 6:17 PM

    Any life learning involves pain, it seems. Well said, Hank.

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  2. JimJune 24, 2018 at 10:27 PM

    I like your last verse best. I'm thinking hurt to be pain. But sure, more things with us than body parts can hurt. Like feelings.
    ..

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  3. JinksyJune 25, 2018 at 3:47 AM

    I guess it's a case of 'keep taking the medicine' - bitter pill or not! :-)

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  4. Sanaa RizviJune 25, 2018 at 4:04 AM

    This is beautifully eloquent, Hank!

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  5. OutlawyerJune 25, 2018 at 5:36 AM

    We have great blue herons where we live— it matters if you are a frog! Ha! But a wonderful premise to the poem here— pain is a byproduct of life it seems. Thanks. K .

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  6. annell4June 25, 2018 at 6:52 AM

    I used to live on a street named Blue Herron, and the great Blue Herron's used to sit on my porch and peek into my windows. I miss them.

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  7. Gillena CoxJune 25, 2018 at 8:14 AM

    Luv that sharpe message of hope resonanting throughout Hank

    much love...

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  8. Gillena CoxJune 25, 2018 at 8:15 AM

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    much love...

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  9. Kerry O'ConnorJune 25, 2018 at 10:23 AM

    Many a bitter pill we must swallow in this life.

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  10. brudbergJune 25, 2018 at 12:24 PM

    Pain is a part of life
    love hurts
    a bitter medicine to take.

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  11. Susie ClevengerJune 25, 2018 at 3:21 PM

    So many bitter pills

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  12. Pat HattJune 26, 2018 at 3:21 AM

    Sure have to suck back those bitter pills time and time again.

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  13. CloudiaJune 26, 2018 at 6:22 AM

    Excellent wisdom, Hank

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  14. hyperCRYPTICalJune 26, 2018 at 12:33 PM

    Life is a medicine we have to take Hank, bitter pills and all. But I guess that's how we learn, and I don't mind that.
    Anna :o]

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  15. MaryJune 26, 2018 at 1:07 PM

    Indeed it is nice when life invokes a fun response. May it always be so!

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  16. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJune 27, 2018 at 2:32 PM

    Thought-provoking!

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