Some of the most fulfilling moments are often found close to home in familiar surroundings. Yesterday we did a hike which we have done many times before but mixed it up a bit by doing the hike backwards. (Crazy kids us 40 somethings! 😉 Our hike culminated in a few sunny glasses of bubbly in the garden whilst watching our fruit-the-loop bunnies play. Our debrief of the day’s events turned into this little poem which kind of wrote itself.
Front Door
This route we know, familiar ground
We start our hike the wrong way round
The sun begins to burn through mist
We walk and talk, my ankle twists
All Saturdays should be like this
Walks in nature bring such bliss
And catkins, thin from branches hang
Like dreadlocks on a rasta man
Cream, cocoa, cappuccino sheep
Chopped wood in perfect little heaps
An orchestra of different birds
In Spring ripe bushes can be heard
The caterpillar – local train
Inches past us once again
This fresh bright air will help us sleep
Although the climb was not too steep
Our garden, tranquil, water sound
The bunnies play, we laze around
We don’t want better, don’t want more
What we need’s here at our front door
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As well as being a poet, highly-sensitive being and self-confessed Crazy Cat Lady, I am a Creative Leadership Coach, Trainer and Team Coach with considerable experience in coaching clients in the Creative, Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical sectors.
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Peacock Poetry 
Sounded perfect!
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It was a really lovely walk just Laufen to Dornach. 15k but not many hills so you could just take stuff in and amble along 🙂
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15 k respect!
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🙂
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What a lovely walk and poem. Totally made me smile.
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Glad you enjoyed it Miriam. It was such a lovely, relaxing walk. Have a good day 🙂
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Great post! Some lovely imagery too 🙂
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Thanks very much. I am glad that you liked it! 🙂
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Well composed and I love it; there’s no place like home. 🙂
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Thanks Ajibola I am glad that you liked my poem and wish you a nice afternoon 🙂
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Stay blessed 👍
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That’s what we feel about ‘our own front door’
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Home is so underrated in this have it all now era. I love to travel but always feel home is the place I can truly relax and be me 🙂
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That was a fun and exhilarating read, Sam!
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Am glad you enjoyed it Erika and thanks for the feedback 🙂
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I did and you are very welcome 😊
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