strung with free jewels,
even lily of the valley
has diva-shine
choose to see jewels and
nothing keeps you down
Copyright 2019 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: Happy Poetry Friday. Share some shining words at the poetry roundup, thanks to Buffy Silverman for hosting this week!
45 thoughts on “Free Jewels”
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Stunning! One needs only to wear this poem: in their heart, to the Gala, with their gown.
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Yes!
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Wow! Exquisite, Brenda.
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Thanks, Michelle. I’m trying to make every word be just right. It’s a picture book writer skill that I’m always working on.
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
APPRECIATE THEM WHILE YOU CAN! 🙂
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How is your wife?
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Well…long story short, she came home from the hospital today with a new port for her dialysis..after a couple tries to clean out the one she had. She was booted off Medicaid because of someone misinterpreting a form she was urged to sign…BEFORE she really turned 65—dealing with AFTER she turned 65. She’s only 64. She can get dialysis—just not the rides to and from, paid for by MASSHEALTH. What a mess! Something to clear up AFTER July 4th! 😀
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I hope it’s sorted soon. Happy 4th, meanwhile.
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Happy 4th of July! Someone’s already working on it!…we think!
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Brenda, we’ve had an enormous amount of rain. Your jewels are helping me to see the beauty in it.
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What a wealth of jewels you must have. 🙂
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“choose to see jewels” is the phrase I needed most this morning. There is so much that is not-jewel in our world today…but the jewels are still there. We must find them and celebrate them. Thank you.
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You have the power and talent to see jewels everywhere. 🙂
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Beautiful! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Thanks!
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I love those jewels in your photo and poem. It is so true we can choose to see the jewels.
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So many people don’t, but the rest of us can see for them. 🙂
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My kind of jewels, Brenda! As always, your photo and words are the perfect pairing. xo
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We are all rich. Thanks, Irene!
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I love those divas 😁
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Me, too. 🙂
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you’ve said so much with so little here brenda. we are free to choose how we see the world and live our lives. beautiful
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I hope it makes people feel empowered.
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Truth! I’m choosing to see jewels today. Thank you!
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I’m glad you resonate with it. 🙂
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“choose to see jewels and
nothing keeps you down”
I love these two lines, I might have to hang it up some where… Thanks for these lovely jewels in poem and pic Brenda! Gorgeous range of greens.
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I imagine you see the jewels, right enough. 🙂
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Brenda, I am in awe of your photo that fits so nicely with some others that were sent to me for my Spring Splendor Gallery. You can see the sneak peek at https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2019/06/early-morning-gray-day-warning-quiet.html. I would be thrilled if you sent me yours. “strung with free jewels”-that is what nature offers us.
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It’s the last day of the month, and I am buried trying to close deals. If I can, I will!
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There is no rush to this, Brenda.
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I managed to email something to you! 🙂
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Great photo–and anything that makes lilies-of-the valley shine is all good! I was taking similar photos last week of solomon’s seal with rain drops. Magical!
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I love your photos, too.
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This is a powerful truth,
choose to see jewels and
nothing keeps you down
I’ve been trying to keep this in mind as school winds down for the year. It helps a lot! It turns the daily grind into a celebration!
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The people who can see the jewels keep everyone else going. 🙂
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“Choose to see jewels and nothing keeps you down” sounds beautiful. Powerful line (I can imagine a hero in a fairy tale saying this!)
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I hope it’s not a dying hero’s last words. 🙂
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If they were, then at least the hero would die advocating for the beauty of life 🙂
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True enough. Good words to leave behind. 🙂
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Beautiful…diamonds.
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Like good friends. Diamonds.
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Love the last line of this – “choose to see jewels and nothing keeps you down.” Lovely!
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Thanks! A few moments of focusing on the positive makes all the difference to my day.
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I love when I go outside early in the morning and the grass is all covered in dew drops…diamonds upon every blade of grass…you know me and sparkles…great poem!
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Me, too. Seeing the jewels makes the daily grind do-able.
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