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Poem titled "Calm Shores"

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Feb 18
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We recommend listening to the beautiful and serene instrumental music titled "Appalachian Trail" by Calm Shores while you read the poem. We're starting with two short poem verses, and we would like you to help us finish the third verse.

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Poem: Calm shores, by Tobi Akinpelu.

How is life as it’s walking through your canoe?
Are the turbulence roaring enough,
Or need some more?
Are you at your capacity or below?
Let me know because there are 
endless possibilities still waiting.
It’s time to breathe for a sec,
Take this moment.

A moment most beautiful the first time and each time,
The beauty of the moment is calmness.
Imagine—
Each is a dot lined up on blank paper
Dot becomes a jar of wine,
Jasmine and Rose are infused inside the jar of—right now.
Feel the fragrant flowers and bliss of butterflies.
It is a similar infusion when at a humming climax.
You want to go so fast, yet only if the moment can last for more.

The world is rotating and moving so fast and slow,
New ideas,
New businesses,
New ... (add your unique twist)

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Michael Uzor
Feb 19Liked by Tobi Akinpelu

New streams of creativity

Flowing and circling around

Take a paddle, dare to move

An idea held up against the mocking storm

Remember ---

Your dream is the gentle wind you need

To set sail the canoe of your life

Sailing joyously

Through the calm shores of hope

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Babafemi Ajakaiye
Writes Babafemi’s Substack
Feb 18Liked by Tobi Akinpelu

New sharks,

those that bare teeth at the growth you show

the 'mentors' that feed on fishes and corals

You want to go fast, yet only if they had a little moral

Imagine....

The bobbling of the canoe and the splash of the clear pit below

and look ahead with hope so pure till you get a steady flow

as the light seeps through the misty clouds above

and you remember the beauty you beheld

when you took the first wade in the sea called life

See the calm...

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