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Pondering the Cosmos

     Pondering the cosmos, I thought I’d look around
       until I heard a tiny voice, speaking from the ground

     It questioned why I bothered, to gaze so far away
       when right beneath my own two feet, a vibrant world’s at play

     Hmm, I mused. He’s got a point, I may have overlooked
       So, I bent down and what I saw forever had me hooked

     The drama of an anthill forming, the undulations of a worm
        A cosmos that I’d never known ~ a new world from which to learn

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Regina Elliott Date: 8/14/2024 3:18:00 PM Gershon, wonderful nature rhyme. You sound like me. I sit out on our backyard patio just about every day for hours watching nature such as inchworms, dragonflies, birds, ants, cute little tiny bugs including ladybugs, cloud formations, and the aircraft that fly in the area. My daughter doesn't know how I have the patience to sit out there all day. A touch of a naturalist in me. :))))) Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/14/2024 6:38:00 PM You are more of a naturalist than I by your description, Regina. An hour is about my limit. ~ Aunt Hill

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 8/14/2024 10:58:00 AM Sweet little poem gw. In this earthly world, there is wonderment still. :) Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/14/2024 6:36:00 PM We wonder, wander, roam and ponder. Thanks, LAF, ~ gw

John Lawless Date: 8/13/2024 7:18:00 AM it'd all fine and dandy until they show uo at the picnic Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/14/2024 6:34:00 PM That's why I always serve bug juice at my picnics, John. lol.

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/13/2024 7:07:00 AM Sometimes we fail to see the trees for the woods. Tom Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/14/2024 6:28:00 PM or hear the forests midst the roaring of the seas... Hey, we're almost sounding poetic here, Tom. lol.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 8/13/2024 5:05:00 AM I love this! You never know what wonders you will find both near and far. We have a crepe myrtle that wasn’t flowering for a couple years but my husband noticed the tall blooms this year. Fave! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/14/2024 6:25:00 PM Gee, thanks for the Fave, Kim. Nothing like the 'cosmos' right under our own two feet! ~ Gershon