What is that fragrance?

What is that fragrance?

A Poem by Kathy Van Kurin
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Can we accept within our differences we are all really the same? What do we need? What defines us?

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What is that fragrance?

 

I long to Linger in the Field fragrances of crimson clover and the thrum of humming birds.


Tucked in, hunkered down against the sometimes harshness of this life.


See the world run from tenderness? A smile is still the battle line.


Must anyone be set on edge by a caring face?  Do you hear the shouts of suspicion?


It seems they are fading. Hope calls. Not a no-man’s land. Go ahead cross on in.


Wear your robe of acceptance. Open arms, the norm.


Your difference is the commonality. Mine too for none of us are identical to another.


Loneliness is the brittle place. We will slowly die and only shoot word barbs at one another leading to 


our own self made prison.


The walls are critical judgment.  How about a cup of tea? Let’s laugh away our fears.


Surly we are familiar enough. For all our differences and disagreements there is also room for a new 


relationship.


We all possess a heart, a soul.  What else is needed? Choice is a decision and I choose you.


I may Sometimes be silly even foolish and Harder on myself than you are.


What seems big is really small. Let us work to create an open plain where we can openly meet with one 


another.


Open the door of Transparency.

© 2019 Kathy Van Kurin


Author's Note

Kathy Van Kurin
How do we view others? Are we looking for a battle line? Is there a way to disagree, to protest where peace is the focus. We must not forget that this earth is shared. Blessings
Kathy

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🌿🍀 Hello, Kathy Jane 🌸🌱

Reading You is akin to a stroll through a sunlit☀️garden, filled with endless species of colorful flowers, gentle ferns of every green, bushes and plants of lilac, roses, endless varieties of azalea, and trees filled with every fruit and glorious aroma known.
And, who, but You, could have solved the mystery that we all, though different, are also the same, with frailties and strengths, dreams and desires, needs and yearnings, hate and love, hope and despair, kindness and meanness, generosity and selfishness … nearly endless traits are brought to mind by the wonderment and wisdom that flows from your heart's and mind's depthless cornucopia of insight and grasp of life around us -- human, fauna, and flora, alike.
Yes, m'dear, one could read your writings, one after another, and never fail to be amazed by the uniquely splendid being revealed that every trial and reward life has made of You, then, your many inherent qualities that allowed it to.
🌈 Ahhh, that the world were, in your soul's bright vision, as you would have it be.

It's no wonder your poetry sings so beautifully and dances so vibrantly upon the page, into our appreciatively smitten hearts, minds, and souls.
Thank you, M'Dear Poetess, with a bushel basket of happy hugs! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[Psst! hummingbirds is one word … wink*]

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

2 Years Ago

Richard,
Finally have read your lovely paragraph. What a nice bit of writing and it is apprec.. read more
Richard🖌

2 Years Ago

Every one of your words were worth waiting for, Kathy … sooo, gracious and touching to a bard's ho.. read more
Kathy Van Kurin

2 Years Ago

Richard you take care of yourself and keep being the great fella you are.



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Well done, Kathy. It does seem that there is a decided lack of civility nowadays. We must all agree with every thought rather than be allowed to formulate our own opinions and live by them. Am I wrong because I don't agree with someone else's opinion ... is theirs right?
Puts me in mind of Orwell's thought police ... and the policies of Mao ... Stalin ... Hitler ... Kim Jung Un ... and any number of other dictators ... including the wannabe in charge of Canada.
We can choose hate or we can choose love.
I hope that love wins ... but I have my doubts.

A good write.

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Ted Kniffen,
We are all responsible for our own thoughts and begavior. None of us are perfect.. read more
when i read the title i wondered if this would be about some cheating man who goes home wearing the fragrance of another ;) your theme of peace and mutual co-operation is eternal and universal ... we should have "gotten" it by now eh!? ... heavy sighs from Heaven i am sure :{ i think this line is brilliant! brilliant i say!! "Your difference is the commonality ..." now that is some acceptance ... that comes from a place of confidence ... without fear ... love it!! when entering the battle of ideas ... the most important thing to begin with is mutual respect ... then facts and logic .. and an acceptance that in the end .. neither party having swayed the other ... an agreement to disagree and retain the respect begun with ... i mostly relate this to our present Political climate in the USA ... :(( but there are plenty of "battle fields" of another nature in backyards all over the country :( i read a long time ago that fear is the first thing that those on the spiritual quest ... most overcome ... and we have plenty of them don't we .... not easy to stand with calm assurance in the face of monsters ..
wonderful concept, Kathy ... a fresh way to see an ancient need ... and in answer to "What is that fragrance?" ...why my dear friend ... it is patchouli of course! :)))) peace out sister!

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Einstein Noodle,
I guess that hope goes a long way with me. What does it look like? We all.. read more
Einstein Noodle

5 Years Ago

love on ya my friend!
This must be needed with an utmost urgency in our world. What a marvelous message dear Kathy. So universal and encompassing. We should battle the ills of this world, the negativity and the selfishness of materialism. We should conquer with love and understanding as you conquer poetry.

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Sami,
Your above sharing shows the motivation of live. What do we live for? Can we all do our.. read more
Sami Khalil

5 Years Ago

I agree and you are welcome as always.
"For all our differences and disagreements there is also room for a new



relationship.



We all possess a heart, a soul. "

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Sami,
'Differences and disagreements' are where communication can come alive! Love your revie.. read more
Sami Khalil

5 Years Ago

Wise words spoken...
"A smile is still the battle line.



Must anyone be set on edge by a caring face?"

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Blessings, Sami,
Thanks for your 'caring face' in word and response.
Kathy
Sami Khalil

5 Years Ago

You are welcome...
We need more poems like this one at this particular time. I really like the tone, the hopefulness that we might somehow lower our muskets and commune as simply friends with different viewpoints. But that it were so. Right now, though, the battle lines seem starkly drawn. But we can always hope.

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

'lower our muskets' that is a good phrase. Yes and 'we can always hope.' That's where choices start... read more
nice kathy. probably my favorite of yours. so deep. not so easy to open that door with so much in life fighting to keep it closed. i think that fragrance is truth, caring and loving acceptance no matter. after all - we are all in the same boat ... :)

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Pete,
this thing I wrote seems like 'pie in the sky' but well life is to short to be negativ.. read more
I love how your thought flow feels a little random (realistic, conversational), yet everything supports your overall strong msg in favor of tolerance. You don't make the journey feel easy or hard, just a path needed, regardless of discomfort along the way. We don't have to embrace everyone's everything, but society in general needs to be more open-hearted, as your poem shows instead of preaching. I quit my satellite TV earlier this year & I have enjoyed not being exposed to so much fomenting & being served violence as entertainment! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

barleygirl,
TV, the 'one eyed bandit' can be a great robber of our time and peace of mind. I .. read more
Nice write Kathy, I just feel society is breaking down in proportion to climate change. There is just too many people and little resources.

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Andrew,
And humanity is shared on this precious blue planet. When there is fighting among it'.. read more
Kathy Van Kurin, this is rich in meaning! So many are looking for a battle line and people always break the chain of boomerang kindness, it's sad, sick and aggravating. But this poem is so well explained and expressed, dear. Tyfs!!!

Posted 5 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Battle lines will be crossed and it is up to us how we do it. Also your phrase 'boomerang kindness'.. read more
Cyprian Van Dyke

5 Years Ago

This is boomerang kindness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU
Kathy Van Kurin

5 Years Ago

Thank you so much. It was a wonderful video like stream of consciousness-kindness. Bless you dear on.. read more

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