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(Haiku Artist)'s avatar

I smiled at the quiet turn in this poem.

Some mornings insist on beginning with spilled coffee.

Others end with the first ripe tomato.

Thank you for the reminder that the day doesn't always stay the way it starts. 🍅☀️

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

And thank you for reading and commenting! Eating a tomato for you.

Poetry Tracks In the Snow's avatar

“Ripe for lunch” - yay and yum 😋

The Hearth and Ledger's avatar

Tiny things can trap us in needless stress, and tiny things can free us from it. Your poem, holding these two small moments side by side, reminded me that some days I can choose to notice the tomatoes in the sun instead of the spilt coffee. Thank you for this gentle affirmation today.

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

Thanks for reading! I need the reminders, too!

Arlene Szalay's avatar

In our world, hurry, hurry, hurry. In tomato world slow, slow, slow.

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

yes. and SO slow to ripen!! Tomatotime

Stephen T Berg's avatar

Smiling here, as well.

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

And I, with you!

elaine heveron's avatar

The twisted lid is a troublemaker but in this case, with your vision, you returned us all to a warm welcoming morning.

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

I learned 52 years ago, just after my son with so many health challenges was born, to look for the good. Mostly successful!

Amy Segerstrom's avatar

Enjoy those tomatoes 🍅 😆💕!