NOVEMBER
Emptied marina
White gulls flock, huddling on docks
Big sky, icy deep
PSALM 71*
Abandon me not
In my old age with gray hair
Comfort me once more
*In paraphrase with poetic license
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THE WOUND THAT HEALS 
Amen!💖
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With that view of an infinite horizon, there is no possible abandonment if happiness is at the end of the sea. Good weekend to you. Amazing photo
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There is He who never abandons us, the true lover of our life. I took this photo a couple days ago with a very old phone. It’s okay. Good weekend to you as well.
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Beautiful pairing, my dear Mary Jo, image and exceptional haiku. November quiet.
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Thank you, dear Marina. It’s the beginning of a new series, I hope. 🙂
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…which I look forward to! 🙏🏻🤗
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How wonderful to hear, Mary Jo!! Exciting news!
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Well you know how planning goes, mice and men and all that. 🙂
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Those mice keep me on my toes!!! LOL!
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In my experience, anxiety was the sin of my youth. It takes much energy to worry about the future. Now I am older. One day I’ve lost the ‘battery’ that moved the engine called anxiety. I do not have the strength to look for it. It is lost in that ‘icy deep’. The ‘big sky’ is my witness that I am now FREE!!!
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Thank you, Silvia. There’s serenity in the seasons’ return and His gifts of sky and water. Anxiety is truly the opposite of faithfulness and love. Growing old does have its blessings. 🙂
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That view is so good it’s almost hypnotizing. Perfect with the words.
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It’s definitely contemplative, and it’s an almost daily experience. My crummy old phone did the work for me. Thank you. 🙂
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A brilliant, evocative, poignant pairing, Mary Jo.
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Thank you, Dave. I’m trying to create from inspiration, from without & within, in situ so to speak. 🙂
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Wonderful poems, Mary Jo. Erie image.
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Thank you, Tim. 🙂
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🙏🏻💙
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Beautiful Mary Jo!
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Thank you, Filipa.
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Psalm 71: 14 “As for me, I will always have hope.”
I especially appreciated your words “in situ” Mary Jo. These autumn and early winter days allow me to foster an inner conversation. I look forward to your new series.
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It’s a beautiful Psalm, isn’t it? What surprised me was that hope was tied to praising aloud. Indeed required. Inner conversation occasionally leads to poetic utterance. Thank you always for your encouragement.
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I often wondered about the meaning of Selah, which I remember reciting as a call and response when the Psalms was read. It seems that the Hebrew word means “to life up ,exalt.” But some scholars believe that it was a musical notation possibly meaning: silence or pause. Whatever meaning, I always enjoy saying it quite loudly. LOL!!
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I can just hear you! 🙂
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I love the pairings and accompanying photo. I see in other comments that this will be the start of a new series to look forward to?
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That’s the plan, Liz. Thank you for your comment, since I know you’re in the midst of editing your latest novel. I wish you success and look forward to its release!
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You’re welcome, Mary Jo! With the first draft completed today, I need to let it rest for a month before tackling a developmental edit on it.
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Beautiful post My Friend.
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Thank you so much! I hope it provides warmth and peace.
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Pleasure. Stay Smiling. Happy Writing.
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Stunning capture!
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Thank you, Cindy! That’s a nice compliment coming from you. 🙂
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I love this idea of pairings, Mary Jo!
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Thank you, Becky! It’s taken me awhile to come upon the idea. A better poet could merge the two with enough time.
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I like the way you have these set up, Mary Jo.
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Thank you again, Becky.
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My pleasure.
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Mary Jo, glad you liked my haiku on Naturalist Weekly (which is one of my all-time favorite sites!) I did change it, if you want to check it out. (There was also a typo in the original.) I enjoyed your poetry. Your haiku from Psalm 71 was especially good. I have written over 150 haiku on the Psalms. They are a wonderful source of inspiration. Thanks for following my blog. I look forward to reading more from you. Peace, LaMon Brown.
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You are very welcome!
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Mary Jo, I love you haiku from the psalm 71. I have found them a wonderful resource for haiku meditations. I have written over 500 (at least 3 per psalm). Here us one of mine from the same Psalm.
from youth to old age
the psalmist has known his God
my blessing as well
Peace, LaMon
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Thank you for sharing this, LaMon. It resonates with me. The Psalms are perfect inspiration. My goal is to incorporate imagery, a favorite of mine which haiku has inspired since my youth.
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