This post is inspired by Haiku Heights prompt word ‘Ripples’.
Little plastic ducklings
Ducklings bobbing as
Babies learn to swim, making
Ripples in the pool
Stanley learning to swim
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Fishermen despair
As dipping ducks surface in
Ripples on the lake
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With muscles rippling
She races to complete the
London Marathon
My daughter did the London Marathon in 2010. She said it was the most fantastic and memorable day ever. The 26.2 miles were long, gruelling and emotional but she completed it in a respectable 4 hours, 20 minutes and 33 seconds. She raised £2032 for Myeloma UK.
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Recession’s ripples
Spread round the world. The poor are
The first to suffer
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Wireless waves ripple
“War is over”. Not heard in
Jungles of Burma
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Deep in the Burmese jungle in 1945, the “forgotten army”, including my uncle Robert, had no idea the war was over. News took a while to filter through; some had no radios and others had no time to listen to the BBC.
Mountbatten said, “You call yourselves the ‘forgotten army’, well you are wrong. At home they haven’t even heard of you”.
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Heavenhappens 
loved the way you have touched different ripples Brenda:)
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Thank you x I love the word prompts as they get my brain working and give me a focus for my butterfly brain
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I love your different takes and meanings
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Thank you x I have a butterfly brain!
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I enjoy the way that you shared such different versions of the effects of ripples. The last haiku was especially brilliant.
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Oh thank you x it was heart felt x as a child I was very aware that my darling Aunty grace had such a struggle to bring up her 2 children.because my uncle was killed after the official end of the war she did not get any war widows pension!! She worked so hard all her life x
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“Recession’s ripples
Spread round the world. The poor are
The first to suffer”
I like all of these but I especially like your poetry when it reflects social consciousness. This is one of a poets duties. Good work.
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Thank you x I feel strongly about lots of things but can’t bear to see people suffer.
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Keep writing for social awareness.Activism is a big part of writing’s purpose. There is a great deal of power in words. This can help reduce suffering in the world. 🙂
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I agree. As Tom Stoppard says, “you can nudge the world a little”. I think part of our job is to raise awareness of issues in whatever way we can.
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Keep nudging! 🙂 We’re all in this together.
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Thanks x I worry so much about those who struggle against the odds, who have no power, the poor, weak or elderly especially. It is a hard life for them x
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Me, too. The old, the young, the weak. Those of us who can need to speak for those with no voice.
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Agreed x
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🙂
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the last is poignant. enjoyed your entries.
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Beautiful take Brenda! You very specially relate them to personal episodes and that stood out very well!
Hank
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Thank you x
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