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6/22/2026 for Let's Write a Tercent Poetry Contest sponsored by Joanna Daniel

Nature Calls

We live in offices and homes 
as, more and more, we're set apart
from where wild nature grows and roams.

Tucked away, we forget to see 
we belong and we are a part  
of Mother Nature's family.

Paintings hang dead upon our walls
while live floral and faunal art  
to every hungry soul, now calls.   

It's time for everyone to see 
just how creative and how smart 
our own natural world can be. 

Not unlike a poem or song,  
it soothes and moves our soul and heart.
It is the place where we belong.
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Kendrick Avatar
July 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I am seeing your name on Joanna's winners' list. Congratulations! Way to go. Sara K.
Crandall Avatar
July 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Thanks, Sara!
Daniel Avatar
July 19, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Our hearts belong in nature, David, well said, congratulations:)
Crandall Avatar
July 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Thanks, Joanna - I enjoyed your contest!
Wolf Avatar
June 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This moves me, David. I'm heading off to a safari in my backyard first thing. After I cover myself with mosquito netting, of course.
Crandall Avatar
June 24, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Haha, of course! It's best to break yourself into nature one step at a time.
Dietrich Avatar
June 22, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Wonderful verse and sentiments, David. This is the other contest I am excited to try
Crandall Avatar
June 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Thanks, Andrea!
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