Simple Life

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(Entry for the Tricube Challenge Poetry Contest, sponsored by Oliver Mckeithan, submitted July 24, 2025 - First Place)

don't ask much
just want a
simple life

live and love
completely
day and night

don't want to
worry 'bout
tomorrow

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CayCay Jennings

Date: 8/19/2025 6:22:00 PM

So, you won a contest with this. I get that. So, I can appreciate your win, it's quite good. Simplicity is the formula for the best life, in my view, and when it comes to wants and wishes, to want the simple love however multi-dimensional, is to wish for the sweetest of all sweetness. Poetry hugs ... CayCay (I'd have to backtrack so no more will I count)

Jim Healey
Date: 8/19/2025 8:08:00 PM

This poem was actually inspired by a Canadian folksong that I heard many years ago...way back in the age of dinosaurs and maps that said "Here be monsters"!!! Glad you liked it. J.

Oliver Mckeithan

Date: 7/29/2025 12:25:00 PM

Congrats on your placement in my contest Jim. Well said. My wife and I made it to New Brunswick July 1 thru 10. We stayed between St Stephen and St Andrews. Wonderful time.

Jim Healey
Date: 8/1/2025 2:06:00 AM

Thank you, Oliver. Glad to know you enjoyed your vacation. Hopefully you’ll make it to Newfoundland someday.

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 7/24/2025 5:20:00 PM

good contest entry & I share your sentiments. Best wishes with the contest, Sara

Jim Healey
Date: 7/24/2025 5:22:00 PM

Thank you, Sara. Always appreciate your kind words.