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An Invitation

Uncategorized / September 21, 2018 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Neil wanders the world in awe – Mirrors and metaphor everywhere. You can join him on this journey with a Poem in your Inbox every day.  CLICK HERE to start today

Off the Charts

News / tagged Covid19, Pandemic, Stay Home Stay Safe / July 2, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
We don’t remember a chart by heart We don’t feel people’s pain  with the math side of our brain Even those shaped like a pie bring neither saliva to mouth nor tear to eye Carry today if you can a picture in your mind or hand

Be Kind, Be Safe, Wear and Wash

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Canada Day 2020

Haiku, Travel / tagged Banff, Covid19, Stay Home Stay Safe, Travel Restrictions / July 1, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
It’s nice to be nice beautiful is lovely too visit when you can

Photo by Rene Baker on Unsplash

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Traveling Not 2020

Nostalgia, Travel / tagged Covid19, Greece, Mykanos / June 29, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
It’s one thing not going back to Greece when you can It’s quite another when the choice is out of your hands Shouldn’t have watched Mamma Mia tonight

Photo of Mykanos Harbour by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay 

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Woof

Family, Nature / tagged Covid19, Dogs / June 28, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
With six people in this house on covid lockdown The dog gets so many walks the clouds have taken the shape of his face
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Suddenly a Poppy

Haiku, Nature, News / tagged Covid19, Hope / June 27, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
World of man gone mad bad surprise on bad surprise then this morning this
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Me and Basho and the Moon

Haiku, Nature, Poems about Poetry / June 26, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
It doesn’t matter that there is no water on the moon As long as there is moon on water rippled by the old frog leaping
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The Question

Cattle, Cows, Family, Farm, Ranch Life, Relationships, Remembering / June 25, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
There’s dad sitting by the after branding fire with some after branding beers And we get to talking heart to heart of trails together and apart And of the things we saw which ones brought us awe
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Over Their Shoulders

Family, Farm, Ranch Life, Relationships, Remembering / tagged Patterns / June 24, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
He came of age in the twenties Bumper crops and a big new house She came of age in the thirties Dust and alkali in your pie and eye When things started looking good he’d buy a big new shiny car  Those times are coming back When things started looking good she’d can a bunch more fruit Those times might be coming back
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All They Survey

Cattle, Cows, Family, Farm, Nostalgia, Ranch Life, Remembering / June 23, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
My father  would stand for hours  just looking at his cows  Like God leaning  on a rail fence in heaven  pleased with his creation

Photo by Nadine on Unsplash

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Revisiting Cathedrals in the Time of Travel Bans

Nostalgia, Remembering, Travel / tagged Covid19, Milan, Paris / June 22, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Duomo di Milano still floats above the plaza pigeon-rich The only fire at Notre Dame is the candle I left burning there for Dan The playing light of Chartres the silence deepened by a clicking heel Impressions deep and lasting as brand on half-grown Hereford calf
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