Living sans regret
life’s blueprint is ever sure
navigating tides
conquering vexed thunderstorms
cruising towards journey’s end
©Vivian Zems
Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge #66~ destination /guide synonyms
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January 11, 2018 at 8:34 pm
Your tanka / tanker sails safely home to harbour, Viv!
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January 12, 2018 at 3:45 pm
Hooray! Thank you 🙂
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January 11, 2018 at 8:37 pm
I love the nod to Whitman in the title… Maybe be we all need a captain to follow.
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January 12, 2018 at 3:35 pm
You were the only one that noticed! Excellent 🙂 :)… and … yes, or we captain our own souls!
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January 13, 2018 at 1:00 am
Love it! “We captain our own souls!”
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January 13, 2018 at 2:35 pm
Absolutely!
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January 11, 2018 at 9:40 pm
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #10: Vivian Zems’ latest #tanka for Colleen’s Weekly Tuesday Tanka Poetry Challenge!
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January 12, 2018 at 3:34 pm
Thanks, Frank !
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January 12, 2018 at 4:21 pm
😇
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January 11, 2018 at 10:27 pm
I love it! I could not figure out how to use “journey’s end” for the life of me! I’m so glad you did. ❤
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January 12, 2018 at 3:33 pm
Thanks Colleen… it took me awhile too!
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January 12, 2018 at 5:09 pm
Ha, Ha! And, look what you came up with! 😀
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January 12, 2018 at 6:06 pm
😊
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January 11, 2018 at 10:59 pm
Its unpredictable that is why life’s journey is exciting! Life it without regrets, I say!
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January 12, 2018 at 3:32 pm
Thanks Grace!
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January 11, 2018 at 11:28 pm
Beautiful!💞 In life we come across many hurdles.. and face many storms. Though regrets are there I believe we can learn from past mistakes and carry on.💞
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January 12, 2018 at 3:31 pm
Thanks, Sanaa! Absolutely!
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January 12, 2018 at 2:23 am
I like the cruising and hope it can be without regrets.
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January 12, 2018 at 3:16 pm
We always hope so… by being the captain of our soul.
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January 12, 2018 at 3:24 am
Very nice Vivian!! No need for regret…life is what it is… make the most of it!!
Dwigth
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January 12, 2018 at 3:15 pm
Thanks Dwight! (lol at the spelling of your name!)
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January 12, 2018 at 8:16 pm
I did not realize I had done that.
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January 12, 2018 at 12:03 pm
Stating a fact of life so poetically one faces it without fear.
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January 12, 2018 at 2:26 pm
We always hope so!
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January 14, 2018 at 3:44 am
RiGHT oF DancESonG
LiFELiGHMoRENoW
Leads
me
FeaR
LeaveS
aLL LeFT LoVE NoW
Tree oF LiFE
OCeaN
WHole
WAves
me uP to:
from: by..:)
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January 14, 2018 at 12:27 pm
I wish I could understand this😯
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January 14, 2018 at 12:38 pm
SMiLes..
Just a unique
Way of
Dancing
Singing
Heaven
Now..
Many
Ways
To
Be
‘Here’ NoW..:)
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January 14, 2018 at 12:39 pm
By
Is
God..:)
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January 14, 2018 at 12:39 pm
Or
The
Captain
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