Blue Monday: Mosaic

Detail from a community wall covered with mosaics, Ajo, Arizona

Telling a story can mean lots of things:
Crosses, and cacti, and birds with long wings;

Photos, and artwork that’s hung on the fridge;
Our very first kiss down under the bridge.

We need to tell stories, tell them a lot—
They tell who we are, and who we are not.

And this is the thing that stories do best:
They help us belong, and show we are blest.

Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Posted on April 10, 2017, in Ajo, Arizona, Blue Monday, light verse, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Rhyming poetry and tagged Blue Monday, mosaic. Bookmark the permalink. 19 Comments.

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Pat | April 10, 2017 at 1:13 am

Keeping a blog for many years has helped me tell my story in many ways. Beautiful mosaic in your photos and wonderful poem!

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Daniela L. | April 10, 2017 at 1:46 am

Thanks most sincerely for hosting, sweet friend, and Happy Blue Monday to you, your blog post today is truly amazing !

Wishing you the best of weeks

XOXO Daniela at – My little old world – (Dany)

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Lisa Greenbow | April 10, 2017 at 5:08 am

A perfect way to look at this mosaic, through your poem.

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Gayle venturesinphotos | April 10, 2017 at 5:43 am

Visiting and hearing family stories is part of my foundation. You said it well and the sepia photo as part of the mosaic is perfect.

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Anne Robinson | April 10, 2017 at 3:34 pm

Happy Blue Monday! It is National Sibling Day so this is a terrific post! Stop by soon! HUGS

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thotpurge | April 16, 2017 at 6:36 am

who we are and who we are not… yes!!!

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1sojournal | April 16, 2017 at 7:59 am

Oh, you gotta know I fully agree. Our own story holds a powerful healing agent and the world is much in need of it.

Elizabeth

https://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/april-pad-challenge-day-16/

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Sumana Roy | April 16, 2017 at 9:00 am

i vainly tried to detect ‘birds with long wings’ (very attractive phrase) in that magical mosaic 😦

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Rall | April 16, 2017 at 9:43 am

A beautiful poem. Indeed out stories reveal us.

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Beverly Crawford | April 16, 2017 at 10:16 am

What a wonderful poem. The stories need to be told.

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Mary | April 16, 2017 at 10:30 am

I couldn’t agree with you more. We do need to keep telling / preserving stories. Our history is one of the most important things we have and one of the most important things we can give to our children.

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Sherry Marr | April 16, 2017 at 11:04 am

Sigh . I love peoples’ stories so much.

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Susan Chast | April 16, 2017 at 11:32 am

I’m getting into the swing of these rhyming bouncy poems, now–you keep the economy of the haiku somehow while saying more and providing unity and closure. I’m enjoying them, but I’m not losing my taste for your approach to haiku.

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- magicalmysticalteacher | April 16, 2017 at 2:11 pm
  
  I haven’t lost my taste for haiku either, Susan, but I’m enjoying branching out a bit. Thanks for your comment.
  
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Myrna | April 16, 2017 at 4:31 pm

Nice. I enjoyed your words and the photo. Hope you keep telling us your story.

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sanaarizvi | April 16, 2017 at 6:02 pm

This is my all time favourite poem of yours!❤️ Just beautiful!!❤️

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janicead | April 16, 2017 at 7:29 pm

Love it!

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oldegg | April 16, 2017 at 7:31 pm

What a beautfiul bouncy poem of happiness; just right for Easter.

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Rosemary Nissen-Wade | April 17, 2017 at 5:45 am

Absolutely!

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