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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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#1092404 added June 28, 2025 at 11:08am
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Can I 'Let It Be'?
Prompt:
"We can just let July be July, let the sun hang in the sky, clear your mind of all the things you're waiting on." — Lily Williams
Let this quote inspire your entry today.


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When I first saw this quote, I thought to myself, "Why July?" Obviously, Lily Williams isn't really talking about July but something much more than the meaning of a month.

When I lived in more temperate climates, July was a month to look forward to. The weather would be quite nice, and also, I could swim in July without the need of a heated pool. Yes, there were some hot days, but we also had the seaside.

However now, in where I live, July means the beginning of the hurricane season and I watch it arrive with trepidation because I can't clear my mind of what I should do to prepare and take precautions for what's next.

So, regardless of my mind's wanderings, I'm taking Williams's words as an invitation to pause and breathe and not to chase, fix, or hurry. Obviously, she has taken July as a symbol for surrender.

Since this world--with ourselves included--measures us by our productivity and our plans, her message here can be: Stop counting and stop waiting. There will always be things unfinished such as the unanswered email, the unreturned call, the plans for tomorrow. In other words, we don't have to shape every moment, every second into something useful.

This is because when we clear our minds of what's next we may just discover what's now, what's here at the present time.

Still, in July until the end of November, my "presence" in the "now" is a shaky one, and I can easily blame it on the hurricanes.


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