Poetry from A to Z *
(* NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge)
X is for… Xenodochial
~ by Laurel Regan
(Pssst… new here? Welcome to Alphabet Salad! For background on how and why I got involved in both NaPoWriMo and the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, check out this post… and, if you’d like to catch up on my progress to date, my challenge posts are tagged with Poetry from A to Z. Glad you stopped by, and hope you’ll return!)
stranger or angel?
unaware
caught up in the poverty of
too busy, no time
too expensive, no money
too difficult, no energy
we underestimate
the import
the worth
the power
of
small kindnesses
costing little, meaning much
extended to those
we neither know
nor owe
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Great poem! New word… Win! Win!
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April 29, 2015
Thank you! It was a new word to me too.
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April 28, 2015
Ditto to what Myke Todd said above! 😉 <3
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April 29, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – X is for…
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April 29, 2015
So true, Laurel. You never know how far your drop of kindness will travel, like the plot of a stone in still water.
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April 29, 2015
What a lovely way to say it, Francene!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – X is for…
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April 29, 2015
Thanks for that new word. I really like it. It’s a good one. Your poem was touching and thoughtful. Good reminder of what’s important. Love the part about extending kindness to those we don’t know or owe. So often we get caught up in that feeling we have to be nice just to pay them back or to expect a reward of some kind. What about kindness just for kindness sake with no expectations? Wish there was more of that in the world.
Cat Graham recently posted… X is for ????
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April 29, 2015
I’ve actually learned a couple of new words while doing this A to Z thing – it’s been a lot of fun! And I agree – I wish there was more expectation-free kindness in the world. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – X is for…
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April 29, 2015
the power
Laurel, what a lovely poem. I thought this to be especially beautiful:
“the power . . . of
small kindnesses
costing little, meaning much
extended to those
we neither know
nor owe”
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April 29, 2015
Thank you so much, Amy!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – X is for…
Clever poem and a brilliant entry for the letter X! Well done! ♥
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April 30, 2015
Thank you, Kathy!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – Y is for…
Such great words. Showing those we can rise up and stand to give to others.
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April 30, 2015
Thanks, Sandy!
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May 1, 2015
Xeno .. what? Uff.. I just lost a tooth! A thoughtful poem, Laurel. Kindness. this emotion is factually rare.
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May 1, 2015
I do wish it happened more often. 🙂
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