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Thursday, December 1, 2016

#1- #SMALLKINDNESSES

My friend Mary Lee over at Year of Reading is writing #haikuforhealing throughout the month of December. I told her I would try to write with her… I don't know if I have 31 haiku in me, so instead, in a world that seems far less than kind, I'm trying to collect the small kindnesses that come my way.



And I didn't pull off a haiku today, so a tanka will have to do.

Frigid predawn gray
Collarless bulldog dodges
rush hour madness
dog angel coaxes frightened
creature to truck's safe haven. 

- Carol Wilcox

BACK STORY:
Traffic in Denver is crazy, even really early in the morning and late at night. At 6:00 this morning I was headed down a busy city street to work when all of a sudden the delivery truck in front of me came to a full stop. Peering around the truck, I saw a white bulldog, trapped in the middle of the street, frantically dodging the traffic that rushed past him in either way. As I was trying to figure out where I could pull over, the driver in front of me climbed out of his truck, and somehow managed to corral the dog and hoist what looked like at least a 50 pound body into the cab of the truck.

The first small kindness…
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3 comments:

  1. Linda BDecember 1, 2016 at 9:26 PM

    I've been out with Ingrid, then talking with a nephew, so your post is the first one I've read. I love your beginning collection of small kindnesses, and a tanka is just perfect. So glad for that dog, and happy to hear about that thoughtful man.

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  2. RamonaDecember 1, 2016 at 9:42 PM

    Love this! Our world needs more heroes like the one you saw this morning.

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  3. Mary LeeDecember 2, 2016 at 6:19 PM

    My haiku from 11/30 was a #smallkindnesses

    overcast skies
    unexpected kindness
    ray of hope


    I wrote it Thanksgiving morning after I came in from my walk. In our neighborhood, people typically share a "Good Morning" if you are pass them as you walk on the same sidewalk. That morning, I got a bright and cheery "Happy Thanksgiving!" from across the street and across the lines of race and age. It was a ray of hope, indeed.

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