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Summer Solstice

Solstice is here

Diana Ward by Diana Ward
21-06-2025 16:08
in Culture, Language and Religion
Reading Time: 1 min read
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image by Oliverherold. CC BY-SA 3.0

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Surely we now
Understand that resistance
Matters
More than
Everything else that is
Rampaging around us

Summer madness
Offends our senses
Lives are upended
Sense and kindness lost at sea
Time hangs heavy
In this thin air
Crazy inhabits the shining city upon a hill
Everyone has a part to play – rise up and play it
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DM Ward came to writing late in life and is making up for lost time now by putting pen to paper at every available opportunity. Having returned to the UK in 2023 after living in the US for nearly 30 years, I’m just an old broad from the Old Country, born and raised in England – children now grown, recently retired from my fourth ‘career’ and spending as much time as possible on the creative life. What lies within intrigues me, how it manifests excites and bewilders me. We live in such a frenzy of instant information, tied to constant interaction while yearning for simplicity. Utterly connected and disconnected all at the same time. Take time out for art. That way lies sanity, joy, peace of mind. Follow Diana on BlueSky

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