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Galumphing Through the Snow

Audio Recordings / tagged Dogs, Freedom, pets, Play, Winter / December 27, 2024 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Dogs without sleds leap loosely
a hound abound brings smiles to all
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Kicking Over the Traces

Audio Recordings, Farm, Ranch Life, Travel / tagged Contraints, Freedom, Rebellion / January 3, 2024 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Trying to harness an old saying
to say what can better be said by sayings

Kicking over the traces
coloring outside the lines
or going walkabout in the outback

Finding a way to say breaking free
without insulting what you're breaking free from

Traces are the straps that tie a horse to a vehicle. If the horse gets a leg over one he is no longer possible to control. The expression refers to someone rebelling against authority.

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Blue-Eyed Boy

Audio Recordings, Farm, Nostalgia, Ranch Life, Remembering / tagged Childhood, Dog, Freedom, Joy / July 8, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Blue-eyed boy blasts off from breakfast
like a quail on a rail
Collie dog leaps on board
and they're off across the prairies
barely touching the tops of hills
Sun gives warmth or cloud gives shade
all depending on his whim
birds and rocks and swaying grass
everything living embraces him
Burrs don't stick and thorns don't prick
even fences joining in the play
happily turn their barbs away
Floating along on the wings of four
won't be long till they slam that door
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Juneteenth

News, Personal Growth, Relationships / tagged Black Lives Matter, Freedom / June 19, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Juneteenth Flag

Another good day for listening and learning.

CNN article on the meaning of the Juneteenth Flag https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/freedom-day-juneteenth-flag-meaning-trnd/index.html

Maya Angelou’s poems.

Still I Rise https://poets.org/poem/still-i-rise
Alone https://poets.org/poem/alone

And Seth Godin’s blog post for today https://seths.blog/2020/06/too-long-delayed/

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Convertible Weather

Travel / tagged Freedom, Mustang / April 14, 2019 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Driving real through the world
in a motorcycle 
that won’t fall over on your foot

Wind is wind
smells are smells
and sounds are sounds

and the sun 
is the sun with a hat between
and all that you see is fully seen

And cool as you are they see you too
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  1. Nancy Fierstien on Remembering WhenMay 8, 2025

    I'm betting "slow motion" was never your style!

  2. Ken Christopher on The Farmer’s DaughterMay 7, 2025

    Very nice

  3. pat psooy on Wood River WindingsMay 4, 2025

    A very good poem!!!

  4. Tom on Basketball in CanadaApril 18, 2025

    Neil, as you may know we live about 15 miles from his former farm. The locals have installed a bronze…

  5. Ken Christopher on Hockey Night in CanadaApril 17, 2025

    Good one, it’s still goin on

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