To, daily, garden minds
weeding out malice and planting love
exchanging bad for good thoughts
working inwards from the edge of reason
Making sure said gardens are watered
as rain on freshly mown grass
or showers that water the earth
Tending to soils throughout all seasons
for from these gardens flow the issues of life
© Vivian Zems
Poets and Storytellers United
Reflections from Proverbs 4:23
Smell The Coffee 
August 2, 2020 at 10:11 pm
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August 2, 2020 at 11:10 pm
This is incredibly beautiful and heartening, Viv! I love the idea of gardening our minds and weeding out malice. 💝💝
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August 2, 2020 at 11:35 pm
Nice to read you again. 🙂
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August 3, 2020 at 2:10 am
Indeed, such a garden does take daily care. And the result is worth it!
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August 3, 2020 at 11:02 am
What a stunning tulip field you found Vivian, they are my favourite spring flowers. At least that is one good trait of humans in liking flowers!
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August 13, 2020 at 1:15 am
Absolutely!
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August 3, 2020 at 11:04 am
what an original poem! yes, if only that was easily possible! it could take years to weed out the bad and install new, fresh goodness. great write!
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August 13, 2020 at 1:15 am
Thank you! 🙏🏽
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August 3, 2020 at 3:37 pm
Applying gardening to life…so beautifully interwoven. Would that it could be so!
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August 13, 2020 at 1:13 am
I’ve been practising it… So far it’s working 🙂
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August 4, 2020 at 4:13 am
Those stubborn weeds need constant removal. Constant attention and care is needed for “weeding out malice and planting love”
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August 13, 2020 at 1:10 am
Absolutely!
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August 4, 2020 at 5:30 am
Wise words. Perfect analogy 💚
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August 5, 2020 at 12:15 am
I like how you’ve taken a deceptively simple proverb and turned it into a complex poem.
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August 5, 2020 at 11:17 am
Thank you…my imagination gone for a jog
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