the sun hides behind clouds
the prism of reality out of reach
~ I try to stay positive
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
making others feel worthless does not increase the value of ourselves
Keep smiling through dark times,
life’s a rollercoaster of ups and downs
~ your attitude your only strength
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Fueled on octane of life
there’s never a dull minute to regret
~ every moment is utterly precious
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Happy thoughts grown like mushrooms
in the dark they boldly offer hope
~ with practice we get proficient
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2025
There in ragged suit
shameless jester at mimic
cloaked in attitude
the moment
is now
live it
with
intensity
and
passion
Hummingbird heart and wings
Snowstorm in early spring
Kite on the wind and string
Children’s choir as they sing
Lover wearing your ring
This and other splendid things
Laughing child on a swing
A lovely summer fling
It could be almost anything
If the right attitude we bring
Today I’m grateful for understanding…
at this point in my life…with all that I have viewed…
the difference between an ordeal and an adventure…
has a lot to do with our attitude
Not caring leads to more not caring
and leads to even less caring.
It’s a slippery downhill slope
that gets you nowhere fast.
So get a grip. Stand tall.
Kick it up a notch
and quickly veer off that
self-destructive ramp.
AP: 1st place 2025
It's conscious.
It's deliberate.
It's empowering to the extent you decide.
Reality is forever up for interpretation ~
Is life ugly or is it beautiful?
Your decisions determine your life,
drag you down or become uplifting.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Be determined, put your game on,
take it up a notch, jazz it up.
Get into character, be your own best self.
Rewrite your destiny,
draw your path and follow it.
Be fearless and audacious.
Let your imagination run wild,
you are the hero of your life story.
Feel free to fake it till you make it.
Be bold, be grand, be awesome.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
My attitude to leave life
"I have **no discrimination**
within myself, neither regarding anyone's actions nor their mistakes.
That is just a taste (a part of life's experience) which means the *
*fruits of karma will be received after death**;
only a few can truly perceive this. The rest is a different world, which is **Dharma** (righteousness/cosmic law)."
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"I am not seeking a **struggle of discrimination**, nor am I taking away your path. Everything today is the future that will be accounted for tomorrow.
I am a **human**, and I uphold the identity of **humanity**."
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With love to all,
Jagdish Bajantri (Mahabharamnath)
Hate not the clouds that roar;
Feel happy, seeing their outpour!
Glare not at the chisels that cut you hard;
Mind, they turn you into the idols of high regard!
It’s Spring! Be Happy!
Come on stringbean ~
get up, let’s get silly…
and have some fun !
So it’s grey and drizzling
we’re not made out of sugar
Let’s put on hats and our galoshes
i’ll race you out to find some puddles
We simply cannot just sit here
pouting with our long faces
while we wait for the sunshine to return !
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on May 18, 2025 for contest LET'S DO THE CHICKEN SPLASH sponsored by MYSTIC ROSE ROSE
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