Don't ever say never
Keep up the endeavour
Never know what challenge arises
Life is full of many surprises
Consistency results in much satisfaction
Don't be misled by any distraction
Many rewards come from constant persistence
It blissfully fulfils our earthly existence
Abundance is not about having more.
Abundance is about having enough and knowing it.
This is harder than it sounds.
The culture says: you never have enough.
But more never makes you complete.
If you don't feel enough now,
more won't make you
feel enough later.
The practice of sufficiency:
Look at what you have.
Not what you lack.
Is it enough?
For this moment,
for today,
for your actual needs?
If the answer is yes,
then you have abundance.
Abundance is not a quantity.
Abundance is a relationship
between what you have
and what you need.
Abundance is the experience of enough.
And enough is always available,
always possible,
always a choice.
(Lily and Pema, 2026)
Sitting here at the end of a tiring day
Home again
After a few days on the road
Dogs nestled in on both sides
One more on the lap
And without even knowing it
I feel refreshed
Without knowing I was lacking
I feel fulfilled
And know without a doubt
The dogs all feel the same.
(2/7/26)
He broke her heart
Walked away and never looked back
Left her to her own devices
So she picked herself up
and made believe she could carry on.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Quiet time just for me.
A break from the hustle and bustle.
Quality few minutes with Kitty.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2025
Keeping up with the Jones.
The funds soon go dry.
The wishing well sent out for repairs.
Best be satisfied with what you’ve got.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
*Today I am,
The one I never wished,
the one I never treasured,
the territories I never chose to dwell in.
Today I am—nothing much but a selfish one,
Who never thinks of anything that could hurt,
and protects my soul with unwavering guts.
Today I am,
Shaped by endless wars,
yet still walking on my path,
With no regrets,
But unforgettable scars.
I never regret who I am,
But sometimes the laughter of the past echoes in my mind—
Endless chats, never-ending jokes,
Admiring the moon, hugging blankets,
Revealing secrets in the quiet night. **
What is the aspect of life? when your stuck in the matrix, do you still see the light?
Do your run, walk, or crawl? why in every turn there's a wall? And all you can do is call!.
But silence seeps through every crack!
And you look around and no one's calling back!
Why have faith, when you have doubt? It's like everyone's being a scout, looking out! giving us doubt, about every truth we seek out!
What is family?
cause family will do you like dirt, and then ask for satisfaction, but you hurt.!
We struggle everyday, but life's just a game we play.
Were all in the matrix phaze. All stuck in a daze!
JUST KNOW...
Life repeat's, until the end of days!.
By: Keanna Williams
Hope that at the end
I’ve not left anything on the table
that all was said and done
and I’d lived life to its fullest
AP: 3rd place 2025
madness is
thinking of
e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g
you think
you’ll accomplish
today
satisfaction comes
before
thought
my own tiny Kansas environment owes me an apology
I have wanted a dog run built and it keeps getting promised
yet the powers that be have thrown rain into the equation
for two or three weeks, it is as if we have had a small tsunami
society is moving on without my input, aide or suggestions
I am tethered to my house, watching my puppy who chases cars
Worse, he runs around them as they drive and he follows pretty girls home
Two pretty girls keep bringing him back, and they all three seem to like it
I live in a fantasy world when I am not concentrating my energy on dog
A happy painter, a cartoonist, a poet, I keep busy.
in my art studio is a stack of thirty-two drawn out canvases.
I draw them out while I watch TV. I am adding paint to eleven others.
I am peter pan, but in female. I never want to grow up.
Never want to be part of the approved society, for I do not seek approval.
I seek fun, satisfaction and joy, and I am rarely disappointed.
My days are full of dragons, rainbows, faeries, and mushroom houses.
best homemade ice cream
the pride and satisfaction
of maple walnut
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Satisfaction
Can Be A Strategy
Or A Perspective.
All Inclusive.
It Can Be Either
Or Neither Or
Both.
Whatever You
Insist.
-Gray Squirrel
02-25-2025
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction/written by Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
there is an old man named Mick
who uses music as his shtick
when he tries to get some action
he seems to get no satisfaction
even though he thinks he’s pretty slick
A jolly mind delights in acquiring knowledge,
a cheerful heart dances to the rhythm of flapping leaflets.
The pleasure of learning new things,
the satisfaction in doing what you love,
the bliss of your soaring knowledge,
the exhilaration that sends you straight to the high-heavens,
the overwhelming contentment of being in the cusp of literacy,
the contentment of being an erudite.
The heart sings in delight,
your mind sighs in euphory,
your whole being engulfed in overwhelming satisfaction.
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