BEGINNING
I brought a bottle of Champagne
to celebrate;
Today is beginning of the beginning
or beginning of the end.
Whichever, we were all there,
Life is good,
let us share what we have.
Sing joyfully today,
it is;
Beginning of the end
Beginning of the beginning.
Whether you feast on turkey,
fish, vegan, is immaterial,
Even pumpkin pie is a beside;
Today is precious, it holds you now;
Let our words be born from love,
bickering banished along with snide remarks.
Smiles and laughs reigning supreme;
An autumn leaf just danced to the ground,
A baby bird was born.
© miriam ivarson
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Wow! Miriam, you’d be a welcome guest anytime; not only bringing champagne but your smiles and philosophy as well! ❤️ A wonderful uplifting poem of togetherness, the joy of sharing, in all moments of life including the
‘Beginning of the end
Beginning of the beginning.’
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Ahh … Annika, thank you for this happy and warm comment. I am glad it is
not just the Champagne that made me welcome.
Your comment is as always deep and understanding. I wasn’t meant to send any post now but this just ‘knocked’ on the door. 😊 .
Philosophy, yes, you are right. I do tend to drift that way given half the chance. I wish you a wonderful weekend. ❤️ .
miriam
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Miriam, I do like the ideas of poetry and posts ‘knocking’ at your door – amazing and true creativity. Just keep sharing them with us here! Wishing you a wonderful weekend too! ❤️
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A perfect poem!!
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Thank you Darlene. You are most kind and gracious. 💕
miriam
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thank you for your re-blog Anita and Jaye, most appreciated.
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Beautiful, Miriam! Thanks so much for sharing your gift. Happy Thanksgiving from Canada. 🙂
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Ahh … thank you so much Natalie. To share makes your heart grow.😊 .
Happy Thanksgiving to you in beautiful Canada.🤗
Miriam
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Thank you for the beautiful words Miriam. May we bless our lives with loving hearts and hands. Happy Thanksgiving from the US.
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Thank you Brad and thanks for your happy wishes from your beautiful land.
I am also glad you liked my words and let them be part of your day.
Miriam
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Beautiful, Miriam. It touched my heart ❤
So perfect the way in which you linked the verses, "Beginning of the end / Beginning of the beginning," with the ending lines, "An autumn leaf just danced to the ground, / A baby bird was born."
As in the falling leaves of Nature's cycle of birth and re-birth, every new beginning entails letting go of those aspects of ourselves that no longer serve our spiritual growth and communal connections.
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Thank you Rosaliene, how wonderful a comment and I am glad to have touched your heart. Isn’t that what any writer wants? 💝 .
Your second paragraph does so perfectly catch the deeper meaning of this poem, these lines were meant to be connected. The main theme.
As well as gratitude.
Bless
Miriam
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Just beautiful, Miriam… ❤ May all of your days be blessed and beautiful, my friend! xo
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Thank you Bette for your kind encouragement, pure sunshine to the soul.
Maybe most days are blessed even when we don’t understand it. ❤️ .
To be a friend is an honour and I so want to be a worthy one 🦋.
Miriam
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I’m with you all the way, Miriam… Friendship is a gift to be treasured–I’m blessed to have you as a friend. ❤ xo
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I know at my Thanksgiving table, we banished bickering. I hope it worked for everyone else. Lovely poem, Miriam.
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Thank you Jaqui and I am glad that joy reigned at your table.
Often we all go through our day without seeing the wonder of it.
Bless
Miriam
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smiling to your kind invitation!
i hope it was a most special party, Miriam!
“i could drink a case of you”
~joni mitchell 🙂
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Thank you David, it was a special party
where joy and peace reigned,
You would have enjoyed.
Beautiful line by Joni Mitchell. Will try and find the song. 😊
miriam
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“Smiles and laughs reigning supreme;” This is the perfect holiday. This is how we celebrate! It’s the kind of hope that will save us.
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Thank you so much JoAnna ! You are so right, this is the hope and living that will save us. Hug 🤗 .
Miriam
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Lovely. And so relevant right now.
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Thank you Cynthia and I hope you had a good weekend.
miriam
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This is such a lovely segue to the holiday season, one that should remind us every day to bring joy and comfort to the world. Leave behind the strife, focus on our common ground, find the beginning in every moment. Just perfect, Miriam.
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Sharon, thank you for your beautiful response. Now holiday season is over but our gratitude should be each day and as you say, bring beginning in every moment.
Miriam
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I love the positive and uplifting spirit of this poem. Such good words of wisdom for all of us!
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Thank you Dwight, your comment makes my heart sing. To have spread positivity and lifting spirit, what better gift. Do you think we are born with wisdom but don’t always listen?
Bless
Miriam
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That often seems to be so!
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And if you believe in eternity then beginnings are just a continuation of now…. jc
it is lovely the way your words dance with one another.
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Thank you Jeff for you positive and spiritual comment.
I also love the way you see the words dancing with each other. I wanted them too.
Miriam
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I’m late on stopping by, but this is a wonderful poem about the true meaning of Thanksgiving, and enjoying for what it is: an occasion to gather and enjoy each other’s company. Love the last two lines!
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Never too late dear Julie and thank you for the lovely comment.
Thanksgiving can live in our hearts each day even if there isn’t a feast.
What do you think?
I am glad you liked the two last lines, they arrived within like a gift.
Miriam
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Sighhhh. Yes, may be always see the beginnings in every end, and know that the end has always has a beginning. What a gorgeous glorious poem. ❤
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Pam, your wonderful answer is as bright as your smile. Thank you for lifting me so today. I am also trying to make myself calmly think this about beginnings and ends. It soothes me somehow.
Miriam
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Oh, this was a joy to read… we need a lot of positive energy these days, and maybe a holiday like the one just passed to do just that… maybe we can turn the tide.
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Thank you Björn and glad to see you here. Welcome.
I do like your hope that we can turn the tide and why not. Positive energy is strong.
Darkness and shadows will be there but so will the light.
Miriam
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So beautiful. You are so eloquent in expressing your thoughts and sharing your gift of words. Thank you 💕
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Thank you Miriam ( from down under 😊) for your wonderful response.
I see it like you, if anything pours forth it is a gift that day. I am never too sure this good feeling will come again.
Miriam ( from the north )
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