NAPWRIMO24: Poem 2
"How to Make the Most of It"
Find yourself the people
who revel in the mundane
who stop walking to
watch the bugs
Find yourself the people
who elate in all the weird
who always choose
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Find yourself the people
who whisper secrets like they're treasures
who watch raindrops like they're dancers
who stop and say, look at that moon
and listen to every stranger's story
Find yourself the people
who prefer a book in a nook
but still dance to a room full of music
who push your limits
but never your bounderies
Find yourself in the people
who know just how to say your name
and seem to know that life
is in the living
and the living is in all seconds in between
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| From the article "Good Genese are Nice, by Joy is Better" |
For the next poem, I took the article "Good Genes are Nice, but Joy is Better" and turned it into a poem by selecting phrases in chornological order.
NAPOWRIMO24: Poem 3
"Happiness"
one of the world's longest studies of adult life
a cornacopia of data
studied
health trajectories
broader lives
triumpsh
failures
startling lessons
tending to your relationships
is a form of self-care too.
the revelation
more than money
or fame
ties protect people
delay mental and phsyical decline
better than social class, IQ,
or even genes
warm relationships
live longer and happier
and
count on each other
when the going got tough
aging starts at birth
aging is a continuous process
healthy aging is relationships,
relationships,
relationships
it's easy to get isolated
to get caught up in work
try to pay more attention
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