Short Regather Poems

Thanksgiving brought our hearts to gather
Round the table, rich foods to slather
With salt, pepper and gravy
Just like we’re in the navy
Tummies shriek – still we regather





A Fun Holiday Limerick Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin 
November 15, 2022

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I shouldn’t be here
I am removed in everything,
see within the seed 
of unknown origin 


I am like a cherry blossom
blooming out of content,
a blood red orchid 
persisting in fields 
of white petals


after the burst into flower,
I regather the petals,
and see nothing like self


I am, 
a wildflower 
of unknown origin
flourishing out of context.


and in the pagoda 
a lotus smiles...

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