A collective poem - add a line or a word

[Marinspin]

lush ferns breath beneath the redwoods

[drmike]

Yet even the cow dung can be used as fertilizer at the dawn

[narciso favores escala]

while the nightingales sing like an oboe

[bev bryant]

as red tree base wide towers to a bright blue sky

[bev bryant]

we find peace to bring as a gift given with heart and soul in union

bev bryant said:

as red tree base wide towers to a bright blue sky

[thom danfield]

. . . and it was
upon reflection that i could see
that no one was looking,
no one but me.
and that in itself was enough
to set me free.

[narciso favores escala]

And the sounds of music played as a celebration
Yet my soul still crying for Iraq

[Jack Heath]

then she turned to me and said

[narciso favores escala]

Where is your heart
That lies the freedom and peace?
Is joy and laughter equals the sounds of bullets and tears?

Jack Heath said:

then she turned to me and said

[Devin Alaric Mikles, MD, FACP]

Then we just stood there gazing into the space between us
And saw it was full of both pain and a place for healing.

[Gary Gach]

lush ferns breath beneath the redwoods hush

[Robert Pearceson]

softly arriving earth-mother smell delivers a punch of wistful nostalgia

[BenTwig]

I cry, eyes high