Yipee, I've just found out that Contemplation of Roses has been made Book of the Month for October at the Poetry Kit - wonderful news since apparently the competition was stiff (scroll down below):

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even with no #sails
she wakes a little farther
from where she lay down

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Sailing into harm
Violence can feel like love
When the current pulls

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white #sails far ahead
only the blue and the wind
beyond fear and time

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Weary but star bound
Sailing through the atmosphere
Towards lunar shores

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glassy eyed grandma
smiles at me so sweetly
says the wrong name

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leaves scarred with blotches
soon the autumn winds will blow—
bare branches swaying

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Hullo #poetry #blueskypoets

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A recent Haiga.

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We step outside
And feel the bite
Of chilly dawns
And nature's call
In early nights
The branches snap
And leaves, they fall
As winter waits
To claim it all
-Jel

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lights out
on the front lawn
pretending it's the jungle
telling stories
by gran's hurricane lamp

#vss365 hurricane

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Thank you @emteepoetry.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #Winged. I've been pulled away for some weeks but delighted to be back reading.

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how long must we wait
for truthful answers
days months or years

we've already been down
this same road
& nothing new has appeared

like a never ending #hurricane
we hold tight
while #harboring old tired fears

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What comes after #glow?
Is what remains diminished,
or fled the demesne?

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I reminisce on
my yellowing memories,
Well loved and dog-eared.
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"The Huntsman's Eyes".

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Glow-in-the-dark things --
aren't we all? Each star, each thought
against night's black void

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leaves in moonlight
reflect a golden glow
echo of fall
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