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Laura W.'s avatar

Loved Tree Prayers especially. Going to head outside on this beautiful yet terrible day and recite it to my mulberry tree. What poem couldn't you understand? The Emperor of Ice Cream always threw me. Grrrrrr... obviously, not even about Ice cream but so complicated and too much. Just, too much. Much like today is, too much. Okay off I go! Xoxo. ♥️

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Jen Zug's avatar

I wish I could remember the poem!! I feel like it was something basic that *everyone* understood.

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Jody's avatar

So good. Love the tree poem - it so conveys the beauty and calm they give us. Think I’ll bring out my Mary Oliver book while a certain song is playing. 😉

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Jen Zug's avatar

❤️

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Shannan Hudgins's avatar

So helpful, these words of yours today, Jen. ♥️

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Jen Zug's avatar

Thank you, Shannan.

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Stephanie Alter Jones's avatar

Not that Stephanie- but i appreciated your poems all the same!! Thank you for sharing them

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Jen Zug's avatar

Thank you!

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Julie Hester's avatar

Love them all—the elder birch, the amazing alliteration, the kitchen reflections. Thank you

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Jen Zug's avatar

❤️

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Katharine Strange's avatar

Lovely! I adore quick bites of poetry

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Lindsey Melden's avatar

Beautiful! And I love your elder tree too🩷✨

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Beautiful poems, Jen. I hadn't seen this side of you before, and I like it! And Bryan has excellent taste in both poetry and song lyrics! I loved the plums, especially.

(I'm playing catch-up with reading. How did I get so behind? Lovely to read some Jen today!)

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