Slowpoke

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slow to eat, crawl, climb sloth exemplifies slowness mindfulness on show

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Constance La France

Date: 9/8/2021 8:34:00 PM

John, congratulations on your win in my Nature Haiku Contest with your beautiful Haiku, well done, love the image and your voice ~ peace and tranquility _ Constance

John Anderson
Date: 9/9/2021 11:16:00 AM

Thanks very much, Cheers

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/5/2021 8:11:00 PM

Cute one, John. Congrats on the win

John Anderson
Date: 9/6/2021 12:14:00 PM

Thanks very much. Cheers

John Lawless

Date: 8/13/2021 7:08:00 AM

i think I worked with this guy......Great haiku John

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/12/2021 3:12:00 PM

I have seen a sloth in the wild. An interesting animal :)

John Anderson
Date: 8/12/2021 3:49:00 PM

does moss grow on their fur?

David Kavanagh

Date: 8/12/2021 3:11:00 PM

Nothing slow about this haiku John, you capture the true nature of the sloth, mindfulness knows exactly what it’s doing, wonderful writing, cheers David

David Kavanagh
Date: 8/12/2021 3:56:00 PM

No worries John I was juxtaposing it to mindlessness

John Anderson
Date: 8/12/2021 3:51:00 PM

sorry, I'm not a fan of mindfulness which can be slothful.