One dot from a pointillists’s brush,
starts the ripple in a river’s sheen.
Grab the energy of love,
fling it long and fling it wide.
Build positives and can-do-its
into mountains of hope.
Add a life-time partner
and work together
to pass it on.
Tending the bar today at dVerse, asking everyone to write a self portrait quadrille: 44 words – no more, no less; not including title. Stop by and see how folks paint themselves with words rather than a brush! Photo Credit: Pointillism by NikkiNavaille.
lillian the home poet 
Just like I imagine you in real live! wonderful and full of vitality and positivity.
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One stone thrown in the pond can make soooo many ripples! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed.
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Part of my Zen thoughts. I am the ripples.
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What lovely brushstrokes Lillian. I love that energy of love and work together to pass it on.
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Thanks, Grace. Was going a totally different way til this morning — frustration, writer’s block and then I just sat still for a minute, looking at photos of our kids and grandkids on my desk and…there ya go! 🙂
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Sheesh. How amazing it would be to see yourself that way, so full of light and a beautiful power to do good, love, and make things happen.
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I’ve been accused of being a Pollyanna – and that’s okay with me. Lover of life and love!
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OMG, I flipping LOVE Pollyanna. I have accused myself of being Anne of Green Gables. 🙂
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Kindred spirits are we! 😊
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A beautiful ripple of love you’ve created – and a new metaphor! So much to pass along 🙂
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Thank you! A fun one to write and so fun to read others!
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oh this is joyful, Lilian 🙂 I love it!
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Smiling I am! 😊🎉
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Indeed joyous. How do you manage?
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It’s what I’ve always chosen to be 🙂
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🙂
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I love the joy that you and your life-time partner created, Lillian…feels like happily ever after!
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It is indeed — thankful for every day! 🙂
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Yes, absolutely, Lil’–we choose our imprints, our aura, the emotional tenure of every moment; a very poetic portrait of one aspect, or two, of you. Thanks for hosting the Q at the Pub today.
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Thanks much, Glenn. Always a privilege to receive a comment from you – truly!
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Lovely building on positives.
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Thank you! 🙂
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DelightfulDELIGHTFUL! Last night I attended an event where an artist is on stage with musicians and paints to the jazz. The energy of his acrylics was infused with the music. That is the experience of reading your poem! You paint with such energy and joy 🙂
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Ah, so glad you enjoyed, Jilly. A point on the pointillist’s brush to expand and expand and expand! 🙂
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Painting with words and good deeds. …hmmm! Maybe you learned to do that by keeping your eyes on a master artist. Great imagery in your poem.
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Thank you, Charley. So glad you enjoyed!
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Very nice poem. 🙂
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Smiling I am. Thank you!
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Pointillism–what a perfect metaphor for a lifetime and I love the glimpses of you I discover in the spaces between the dots.
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So glad you enjoyed! Glad you noted the metaphor — the one keeps adding — the ripple effect.
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This is a beautiful self-portrait, life and philosophy.
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Thank you! 😊
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Yes indeed, you’re a work of art! I get the impression of you for sure!
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Smiling I am!! Thank you!
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Love your mountains of hope springing from a single paint brush point.
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We do work at it! 😊
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Thanks for hosting, Lillian! Great subject for the Q44! Your poem is so inspiring and happy! 🙂
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So very glad you enjoyed the prompt and my poem.
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This is beautiful, Lillian, kind of reminded me of a recipe. Thanks for the prompt and your inspiring response!
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…a recipe! Hadn’t thought of it that way. 😊
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this little poem is a bundle of joy and i feel so happy to be in the rippling and shining words…
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You can join me anytime! Happiness is dVerse friendships!
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Love everything about this starting with the way the title crescendos with joy. A very uplifting quadrille!
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Ah…so glad you noticed the title–tried to get it to look like a ripple but the crescendo effect is even better! So glad you enjoyed!
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Sunny optimistic pointillism – perfect!
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One dot at a time😊❤️
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I’d rather be around a ‘Pollyanna’ any time of the day!
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Smiling I am — and tipping my coffee cup to you!
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Oh yes! Fling that energy of love long and wide!
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I’ve been busy flinging it in the wooded Adirondacks since Wedensday — totally off grid. Woods, black sky with screamingly huge stars, quiet lakes. Back late last night so catching up with reading today! Thanks so much, Bryan. Glad you enjoyed.
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Great advice, beautifully worded.
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Thank you, Rosemary. Have been off-grid since Wednesday. Returned to Boston last night so am catching up on reading and writing this early AM with my steaming cup of coffee near by. Five days in the Adirondacks: dense woods, beautifully serene lakes, the calling loons in the stillness of the air….was absolutely serene and beautiful. A different kind of calming peace from the ocean we so often visit.
Glad to get back to my reading and writing now.
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Indeed, we are all a speck of this great creation, but we are the dots that can make a difference. 🙂
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Exactly, Imelda! Thanks for reading…and so glad you enjoyed.
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My pleasure. 🙂
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First oF aLL.. thanks
Lillian.. for providing
this dVerse prompt..
gonna have lots of fUn
poeticAlly responding therein..
so trUe heRE my friend thE ioN
of PASS i oNs oN.. in positivity
dEfeats the negativity of
desPair aWay from
hope as we
hUmanS noW
have poTenTiAL
for either And oR HoPE
liGht bodies Or anD DArk
thE sAme we CreATe in much
more than just the symbols oF thE
SenSes and EmoTiOns thAt maKe
us mini-me’s of God oF UniVerse ALL
sAme.. oh.. the stars and bLack wHOle
SuNs too.. a BreaK oF DAwn and moRninG
StaR of Love juSt Waiting to BE uS wE riSe
TogeThER
OnCe morE
aS liGht of StAr
BRiGhtLY noW
ShiNing LiVinG
LOVE’S liGht..:)
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Love shines brightly all around you my friend! Just back from 5 days off-line in the the Adirondacks — so catching up now. Lovely to see you with my morning cup today…..your aura of stars surrounds you always! 🙂
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A trip to the Adirondacks
Certainly sounds Lovely..
Nice to you see you
Back friEnd Lillian
With your
Coffee
And
Kind
Words..:)
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What an engaging recipe, Lillian!
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Just back from 5 days off-grid in the beatuiful Adirondacks. So getting caught up on my reading and writing this early Boston morn. So glad you enjoyed this one. I just reread it and yes, it does sound like a recipe! 🙂 Stir it well, for sure 🙂
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you sound like a beautiful person…I esp. liked
Build positives and can-do-its
into mountains of hope.this:
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Thank you so so much, Janet! I’ve been offgrid in the Adirondacks literally in a cabin in the woods since Wednesday, so just getting back to my reading and writing. So very glad you enjoyed this one. I think that can-do attitude is a critical one….especially as our bodies grow older and can’t do as much 🙂
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