On my life’s journey I take a cat,
for companionship and warmth,
a deer, for quietude,
and a magpie, for freedom
and to seek out truth.
Spirits animals shift
and merge with shadow
underneath a weeping willow,
and what emerges from beneath the tree
is me.
Kim M. Russell, 2nd December 2019
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: Spirited Poems
This Monday De’s word for the Quadrille is ‘spirit’.
writing in north norfolk 
Oh, MAN do I ever love this take on the prompt!
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PS: Hope you’re feeling SO much better, Kim!
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🙂 xxx
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Thank you!
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I like it too. So gentle, walking soft as animals.
I didn’t know you’d been ill. Hope you’re over it 🙂
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Thank you so much, Jane. I picked up a chest infection the Saturday before last while staying with my daughter in Hampshire and it wasn’t until 00.45 l;ast Tuesday morning that I realised I’d picked up the vomiting bug too! It didn’t help that I had to walk to the station in the heaviest downpour ever on Monday lunchtime and had to sit in a damp coat and scarf on the five hour journey home. Not good when you have asthma. I couldn’t get a doctor’s appointment until Thursday and was prescribed antibiotics for the chest infection and I didn’t eat at all until the weekend. Thank you for the good wishes. 😉
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Sounds horrible! I’m not surprised your poem treads so softly. Take it easy 🙂
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😊
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love this, love, love, love 🙂
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Thank you! 😀
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most welcome
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Lovely! I like the idea of animal spirits and our connecting with them. My cousin is in firm belief and communion with his animal “totem” – I believe it is a lion. You’ve got me thinking what animal I would choose to be most akin to….:)
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😀
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Oh … i do love the different spirit animals… I think we all need more than one to build ourselves.
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I’ve been watching the dramatization of His Dark Materials on the BBC. It’s ages since I read it and I remember how I longed for a daemon.
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I wonder what my daemon would have become in the end…
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Oh, love the spirit animals Kim!
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That’s delightful – love your choice of animals. What more could you need?
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Thank you, Sarah! I had all three to keep me company over the weekend, but only the cats were indoors. 🙂
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metamorphosis through merging with shadow spirits, wow that’s heavy
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Lovely, soft as satin, sweet as honey dew, this one is a hug with words. I like where your mind went, and the line /a magpie–for freedom/. I once encountered a talking crow, which blew my mind.
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Thank you, Glenn A hug with words, I love that. Now, where can I find a talking crow?
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Oh didn’t know you were ill, sending my best wishes for speedy recovery. Luv the melding of spirits in the companionship walk through life
Happy Monday
much love…
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Thank you so much, Gillena. I’m just about to go to bed, but will be back early in the morning to read and comment. Much love to you…
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Really liked this! A nod here to “His Dark Materials” Kim. The young can change their spirit animals until it settles at adulthood.
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Thank you, Rob!
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This is a beautiful interweaving of life. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe.
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I like how those animals shift and merge with shadows.
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Thank you, Frank.
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This recognizes the many aspects that factor into our lives, responding with a positive anticipation. Well done.
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Thank you, Ken.
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I like the gentleness of this. I also like the idea of multiple spirit animals… a different one to suit our changing moods.
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Thank you, Barry. 🙂
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“what emerges from beneath the tree
is me” — Nice!
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🙂
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I love this (reading it with a cat on my lap). 🙂
Hope you’re feeling better!
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Thank you, Merril. I’m much better than I was and went to the supermarket yesterday. I did have a cat on my lap earlier this morning but she’s gone off to see whether my husband is getting up!
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🙂
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Love the photo of these cats!
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Thank you!
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Nature’s Breath
Spirit of the Wind..:)
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🙂
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😁
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great post!!!
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Thank you!
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