I am Secrets,
Slumbering here by the creek,
Sunlight hitting my rainbow heart
As I glisten like a blanket
Over my bed of grass and lady fern,
Not surrendering though they beckon:
It’s time for you now
To spring into hope and truth.
I am Secrets.
All my treasures gone to ash,
Leaving me with lapping waters
As I cling onto my soil, said
Trampled by those arriving
To skip rocks
Or capture frogs,
Crooning for mates.
I am Secrets.
Caught here as food
For the rushes.
Rooted soul, I cling
Like ivy to a cold stone wall.
But a whisper to those searching
Throughout time turned into past
And dead memories.
Willows weeping,
Casting shadows on my crib
Quilted in riparian,
Visited by butterflies
Loving my nectar and blooms
Of my camouflage
And seclusion.
I am Secrets.
Copyright © July 28, 2017 Barbara Harris Leonhard
Image: pixabay
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 
I have nominated you for the Liebster Award 🙂 If you except the award, I’ve posted a blog with the rules and questions to follow, in which you will then post onto a blog post of your own.
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Oh, thank you! I am so honored and humbled by this. I will check out the post. I am new to awards. I may have questions. Again, thsnk you for reading the poems.
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Your welcome😄Not a problem, I had numerous questions as well lol. So don’t hesitate if you have any questions. Keep the poems coming:)
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Some of my followers have more than 200 followers. Some don’t post their number. How do you find out the number? I think WordPress thinks I have over 400 due to social networks but I have under 200 on WordPress.
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This was a difficult one for us as well. An easy way to find out which Luckily I just so happened to stumble upon is click on “reader” top of page, and in the search bar type in the names of any followers you have or bloggers that you have engaged with that you would like to nominate. when you do, in the right upper corner it will say how many followers they have.
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Oh I forgot, you’ll see a list of that person’s blog posts under the search bar, click on their name on any one of those post and it will then pull up a preview of their page with their follower count in the right hand corner
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Thanks! I found the information. 🙂
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Great!
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It took time to find the blogs and so on, but I learned quite a bit!
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Yeah I hear ya. It does take a bit of time but exactly, you learn the rope of things
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I have enjoyed your poetry today. Each one. A wonderful journey into good words.
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Thank you so much! I have found some great poets on your site. Good role models! Thank you for your encouragement!
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We need to help each other. Room for a billion writer. If we had more readers and writers. Would be more understanding in our world. You are welcome..
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Yes, for sure! We need to grow the garden of peace and love.
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I’m fairly new to WordPress and haven’t reblogged anything yet. Still getting my bearings.
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Many fear competition. I believe each writer. Different and special in their own ways.
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Just not sure how to manage everything on my page.
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It hard. I use five sites. Hard to maintain. I been on them for 8 years and more. Many friends I want to keep.
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Yes, that’s what I imagined. I’m trying to simplify and focus on writing. I’ve been putting it off and taking on too many other things. Now I’m at the point when I can write again. Having a blog is still new to me, so I’m exploring how people develop their sites. Competition is good. Just getting my bearings. 😊
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Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
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Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed the poem.
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