In my little town, the sky sparkles
Like diamond dust thrown in the wind
Lifted by souls of the living
Who search for the gift of happiness.
Like diamond dust thrown in the wind
Questions fly to neighbors near and far
Who search for the gift of happiness
While surveying their view of the world.
Questions fly to neighbors near and far
Are you worried, angry, or sad
While surveying your view of the world
Where the cardinal and pelican play.
Are you worried, angry, or sad
Living in towns, cities and farms
Where the cardinal and pelican play
With wings full of wisdom and grace.
Living in towns, cities, and farms
Worshipping spirits and stars from above
With wings full of wisdom and grace
The answers appear all around.
Worshipping spirits and stars from above
While rain glistens or sun sets with a splash
The answers appear all around
If we listen to trumpeting truths.
While rain glistens or sun sets with a splash
From sea to shining sea
If we listen to trumpeting truths
The message can give us all peace.
From sea to shining sea
We embrace the spirits who soar
The message can give us all peace
Love and joy are in each part of us.
A lovely slice of hope in this troubled world. Keep writing my dear friend. xo
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I promise to keep writing if you do. And I know that we are both “on the same page” there. 😚
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Deal!
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This is such a beautiful poem Pam… The truth is Nature has always given us those Sparkling Diamonds and they have always been there… Maybe now when people have had to pause in their ‘Sacred Isolation’, they might now take a better, longer look at what they have been missing while they have been so busy in their own little worlds..
Loved your words Pam, and all of your images my friend..
May we all pause long enough to hear the world’s truth…. ❤ 🙏💚
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Thank you Sue. There is such a connection between us creatures and nature that you can’t really distinguish between one and the other. In this pause, may more of us trumpet that bond. 💚
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I hope so Pam… I really hope so… ❤
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Lovely use of language, Pamela – and uplifting sentiments. I liked the repetition of ‘where the cardinal and pelican play’.
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Many thanks for highlighting that phrase, Derrick. I feel that these two birds are so dissimilar, and yet they each represent so much to us “grounded” beings. Personally I wish I could soar like a pelican in red cardinal feathers.❤️
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A wonderful and beautiful poem.
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So glad you enjoyed my poem! 🙏
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You are welcome dear.
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really lovely
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Many thanks❣️
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A beautiful pantoum, Pam–full of hope and cheering, inspiring thoughts. Thank you, a beautiful read to start my day!
(I don’t care, but technical question–aren’t pantoums supposed to include verses from the the first stanza in the last? )
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Thanks, Merril – I was searching for which poem format this was (and amazed that I recognized that is was one in the first place!)
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😀
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You inspire me to try different poetic forms, Merril, which I discovered, through reading your poems, helps us express our thoughts and emotions. And yes, I decided to take some poetic license for the last stanza of my pantoum. 🙃😊
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Thanks, you’re welcome, and rules are made to be broken. 😏
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🙃
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Beautiful, Pam. A lovely reassurance that there is always hope. ❤
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Always. 🙏💕
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Love, joy and peace – I can go for some of that. May it be so.
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We shall make it so – with love and joy and kindness toward all❣️
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Gorgeous, uplifting, hopeful, thank you Pam … 🙂
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Thank you so much for your comments, Sue. Glad you enjoyed my pantoum. 💗
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Lyrical and lovely, Pam. A perfect reminder for these times that nature has the ability to soothe and comfort. My hope is that we all listen to the trumpeting of the truth and go into the future armed with compassion and love.
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Those are definitely the best arms, Amy, metaphorically and literally: Compassion and Love.
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Good morning, Poetess! Trumpeting inspiration to all of us. I believe joy, love, beauty, peace is at the center of us. The sparkling diamond at the center. But there are clouds and rainstorms that seemingly temporarily obscure the changeless at the center. So I will second your trumpet!
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I can hear your trumpeting, Kathy, loud and clear! 🎺 ❤️
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Uplifting, beautiful, keep writing dear Pam.
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I hope to never stop writing, Gerlinde. Writing soothes my soul, and hopefully my readers’.
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Beautifully said. Please continue to trumpet hope and compassion and joy.
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My trumpeting will never stop! And I know you share the music of Love, compassion, and joy also.
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Sweet poem of hope and peace. We can all find the joy of life if we put our focus on that and not the awful that is here to test us. Nature tells us all we need to know.
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Nature constantly gives us lessons. May we all encompass ourselves in them. 💚
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Beautifully uplifting Pam, the words are full of joy and hope.
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Life is only worth living with joy and hope within, shared with all.
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Love, joy and peace, these wise answers do appear all around us in nature. Lovely, heartfelt poem, Pam.
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Thank you, Barbara. I should include seagulls here in trumpeting flight. 😊
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A ray of inspiration and hope in these challenging times Pam. Beautifully written. My heart feels lighter for having read it.
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Your words of praise lighten ME, Sue. This is exactly my hope in sharing my poetry: that we inspire each other to spread love and kindness to all. 🙏
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What a wide canvas Pam! I am amazed at the images you chose… so different of the same sky, in the same manner your thoughts soar from sparkling sky to peace and joy that we all crave for in this ever-changing world! Well done!
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Your poetic praise mean a lot to me, Balroop. I never even thought about the fact that each of my photos shows a different sense of the sky. You’re right! I love how our hidden creative mind works. 😍
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Dear Hope Trumpeter: Love and hope are 4-letter words I can embrace.
This week my eyes turned skyward because I was hoping for good weather while our roof was being replaced. The weather held — almost! After the downpour on day 2, skies cleared and the job was DONE.
Your poem and my experience may be good metaphors for what I pray may happen in our country and in our world.
Thanks for always bringing rays of sunshine here, ((( )))
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Good metaphor, Marian. May the roof of love and compassion and equality keep us all safe from the storms of the world. Yet, may the sun always keep shining in. ☀️
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Beautiful, and much needed. Love and joy are in each of us, I agree. We only have to embrace it.
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Here is to embracing all the love and joy that is within each of us. 🤗
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I love this “new-to-me” pattern you’ve used in your poem. The second line becomes the first of each next stanza. And of course the theme is beautiful. We must remember in these hard times that we need to hold onto love and beauty and not be overwhelmed by the ugliness that tries to take over.
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This is a Pantoum poetic form, Anneli. And I think you will really enjoy writing some verses with it. The structure helps once you determine your theme. Xo
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I will have to try it one day, Pam. I like it a lot.
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Absolutely wonderful, Pam!
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Many many thanks for enjoying my poem and for sharing it on Twitter! 🙏🤗
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Pleasure is all mine!
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A wonderful poem, Pam. I love the way you have written it.
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Your praise means a lot to me, Robbie, being a wonderful poet and storyteller yourself. Now, if I can only make a meringue pie like yours! 😏
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Such a beautiful and positive poem today. Very uplifting, Pamela. Thanks
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I think we all need to uplift ourselves over the hate and ugliness out there and spread this love and joy as much as possible. Thanks, John.
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I agree, Pamula. ❤️
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Such lovely lyrical beauty by a delightful ‘Warrior’ for Love and Peace’!
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I will always fight with velvet gloves for love and peace. 🥰 Thanks always, Billy Ray.
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A lovely pantoum with gorgeous images of peace and happiness, I enjoyed it very much. I did one pantoum and love to try again. 🙂
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I hope you write another pantoum soon, Miriam. I’d like to write one every week. They help me get my feelings and thoughts out in wonderful poetic ways. 💕
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Oh wow, Pam, it’s wonderful you’d write one every week. I wrote several Villanelle, a couple sonnet and a few Acrostic. I like to write some in different forms again. ❤
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This is beautiful, Pam. So well put and illustrated. 🧡
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I’m so glad you enjoyed my poem here, Barbara. Thank you for sharing it on Twitter also! May we spread this love and joy all around.
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Fascinating poetic form, Pam….
Lovely! ❤
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Many thanks for your praise-full comment, Bette. Writing poems like this helps both the poet and the reader reach for love and compassion.
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Beautiful! And a much needed message of hope.
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May we all spread this message far and wide! 🙏💗
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I love the repetition in your poem, Pam, and the beauty in its peaceful optimism.
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“Peaceful optimism” – I love that phrase and certainly hope I accomplished that with this pantoum poem. Thank you, Norah!
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You did! Thank you. 💖
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Love your joyful pantoum, Pam.
To Love, Joy, Peace, Compassion, and Kindness.
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Here, hear and cheers to the best parts within us! 💙
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A beautiful poem to start the weekend, Pam. Happy to see inspiration still abounds in your mind. I love blue sky and blossoms. It’s finally spring and warm. Did your hubby say “I told you so” yet? 🙂 The season did start extremely late this year.
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Every late spring my guy says “I told you so.” But really, do we have to wait this long for this beautiful glorious weather? 🧐 I suppose we should be grateful. Here’s to our inspiration and to that glorious light of love that is within us. Enjoy your time in Maine. XO
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Oooh, a pantoum!. So beautiful, hopeful, and full of grace, Pam. You have such a lovely way with words. I love this. ❤ Sending love and joy.
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Thank you for your warm-hearted praise, Diana. Words do sooth, don’t they? I enjoyed using the phantom form again. 💚
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In my little town, it is the ocean that sparkles like diamonds…and it is where I find my hope…
Your poem is beautiful and full of promise that if we only listen and look, perhaps someday soon hope will find us. In nature, it is always there. Thank you for pointing that out once again…because some days we do get lost in the mess.
Have a wonderful and joyful weekend my friend. I left you some love on my blog.
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Ocean “diamonds” always give me peace and hope and joy. Living by the ocean is my dream, but at least I get to visit as much as possible. But I’ve learned to see the diamonds in the leaves of trees and the feather of birds, in the nighttime sky and the air we breathe. Sending love right back to you. xo
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Absolutely beautiful! I love your poetry!
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I’m so glad you enjoyed my poetic inspiration… and encouragement for us all to find what’s right inside us. ❤
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Beautiful pictures and soothing words. Thanks Pam.
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Thank you, my friend. xo
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Very good and very clever Pam.
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Many thanks for stopping by, Roy. I’m off to see how Jersey is doing…with you running ’round the island.
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Love the last line – the hope. And of course, the rainbow. Hope floats. ❤
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The phrase – “hope floats” – is wiser than many people may realize. Thank goodness hope never sinks, ’cause we need to keep floating toward a better world. xo
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Amen Sistah! 🙂 xx
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Pam, I read your poem a few times and my mind began to play with your title “Trumpeting Truths” as I was reading. “Worried, angry, or sad” is very much a common denominator of emotions throughout the world.
You are right, the trumpeting truths appear all around us. I appreciate how you weave many forms of nature to bring us back to all that is good, beautiful and peaceful. All we need to do is look around us. An emotional, inspirational and beautiful poem. Your photos are stunning and fit perfectly with the words.
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I’m never sure where the “words” come from, Erica, and I always find my photos to match them at the end, before I post. But I know that as the words arrive, they help me cope, and to see the hope in the world. And to realize that (not to sound trite), WE are the WORLD. Many thanks for your sweet comments. ❤
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It’s easy to find joy in the simple things, Pam. The bigger picture will take a little more effort, but we’re all in this together. 🙂 🙂
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I’ve gotten to appreciate the simple things more and more, Jo! ❤
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I love this poem, Pam!
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Thank you, Clare! xo
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xo
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Beautiful, Pamela – thank you for giving us so much hope. Toni x
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Thanks so much for reading my trumpeting poem of HOPE. May we all find the love that’s inside, and share it with all. xo
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Love this poem. Nature has always been my go-to resource of love and joy and hope, and it continues to be–especially these days!
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Amen and Namaste to your comment, Kate!
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Very well written!!
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