Leaving behind city days with no end
taking in the scene of tranquility
searching for the pause buttonmoments wrapped in moments
suspended in pockets of time
the earth hums a beat
©Vivian Zems
Idlewild by Sharon Knight
Mish hosts dverse poets pub today with art from a great photographer, Sharon Knight.
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January 10, 2018 at 1:03 am
So lovely. It’s easy to get lost in the beauty of nature
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January 10, 2018 at 11:55 am
Thanks for commenting, it’s the only beauty worth noting. 🙂
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January 10, 2018 at 1:04 am
Nice piece! I feel like by the final line the poem has found the pause button it sought.
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January 10, 2018 at 10:42 pm
Thank you… it did!
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January 10, 2018 at 2:10 am
Beautiful. I like looking for that pause moment or at least absorbing every wonderful detail to the best of our ability.
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January 10, 2018 at 10:41 pm
Thanks, Sascha! It’s wonderful….especially when you know it will very soon slip by…into the past.
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January 10, 2018 at 2:10 am
I almost picked that photo. I like the moments wrapped in moments. Sometimes taking deeper breaths is the only alternative to finding that pause button.
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January 10, 2018 at 10:39 pm
So true, Frank!
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January 10, 2018 at 10:35 am
“moments wrapped in moments” – what a lovely phrase. The poem and the image work so well togethery, really peaceful.
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January 10, 2018 at 11:52 am
Thanks, Sarah 🙂
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January 10, 2018 at 2:01 pm
I love the idea of a scene of tranquility with a pause button and the line:’the earth hums a beat’, which evokes the sounds of a perfect summer’s day.
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January 10, 2018 at 10:34 pm
…thanks, Kim…. something we badly need 🙂
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January 10, 2018 at 2:20 pm
Ah, that pause button. It’s elusive, but when you find it…
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January 10, 2018 at 10:26 pm
…like winning the lottery…. for moments…
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January 11, 2018 at 10:33 am
Reality is a real slap in the teeth after that feeling!
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January 11, 2018 at 5:53 pm
😂😂😂😂- saying that to the dentist is likely to evoke a lecture on dentine and pulp!
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January 11, 2018 at 8:19 pm
Oops! Sorry! I didn’t mean to be disrespectful…
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January 12, 2018 at 1:13 am
Good God! No way! Found it funny…..just threatening you with a boring lecture..(LoL!)
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January 12, 2018 at 9:14 am
I can’t imagine you ever getting angry. It’s funny but some people just come over as being easy-going and fun. Must be the photo 🙂 But it comes over in the poems too.
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January 12, 2018 at 3:11 pm
Very intuitive 🙂 I can count on ONE hand the number of times I’ve been angry in my life. But when I do…….oh boy! But you’re spot on… even my dog knows it… that’s why he knows he can take me for walks ( not the other way around!… sigh! ) LOL!
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January 12, 2018 at 4:32 pm
It’s a good thing you chose dentistry and not the army 🙂
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January 12, 2018 at 6:07 pm
😂😂😂
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January 12, 2018 at 8:59 pm
🙂
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January 10, 2018 at 2:38 pm
Love myself a good pause…
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January 10, 2018 at 10:25 pm
Something we should do more often… 🙂
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January 10, 2018 at 3:19 pm
I love how the sunset leaves us in suspended animation, holding our breath wishing it would remain, knowing it will disappear in a moment! Just like our children!!
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January 11, 2018 at 6:23 am
Absolutely! 🙂
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January 10, 2018 at 6:55 pm
Beautiful Vivian.
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January 11, 2018 at 6:23 am
Thanks, Linda!
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January 10, 2018 at 7:48 pm
Very nice poem, it wrote a story with real meanings, I could feel it.
All the best for 2018.
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January 11, 2018 at 7:30 am
Thanks so much….and the same to you!😊
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January 10, 2018 at 8:18 pm
We must take time to enjoy those moments. This spoke volumes-searching for the pause button
moments wrapped in moments, but we still need to take the time to notice them or before we know it they have vanished in a blur…or a blink of the eye.
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January 11, 2018 at 6:23 am
You said it…. in a blink of an eye!
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January 11, 2018 at 12:17 am
OH how we need those moments of peace in all the chaos of life, especially found in the natural world. I like this a lot, Vivian. 🙂
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January 11, 2018 at 7:29 am
Thanks, Mish! And a great find in Sharon Knight! 😊
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January 12, 2018 at 10:49 am
“moments wrapped in moments”–I was just thinking that the photos look like captured pauses. Those words express exactly that feeling. (K)
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January 12, 2018 at 2:59 pm
If only we could pause time…. I agree with you about the pics. Thank you 🙂
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