Wordle: Keep Calm and Carry On

The open meadow
Still as still can be
Nothing moving
No blade of grass, no tree
Still as statues
Stability
In a mad mad world
Through the stillness
Snaking left and right
March tiny orange ants
Almost hidden from sight
Unaware of evil
And lies and other sad facts
Of a mad mad world
No torches needed
They weave from A to B
Working hard
Efficiently
A brotherhood of ants
Foraging, collecting
And carrying on
Normally
In a mad mad world

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21 responses to “Wordle: Keep Calm and Carry On”

  1. DailyMusings avatar
    DailyMusings

    ah yes, right now it is quite mad. I like your words-

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      Thanks, DM. Quite mad is one way to explain it! 🙂

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  2. oldegg avatar
    oldegg

    Ants, rats, carrion crows are all probably rubbing their virtual hands together in glee as they observe humanity it its foolishness.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      Whilst trying to ignore us and distance themselves from us at the same time, Oldegg! 😀

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  3. ladyleemanila avatar
    ladyleemanila

    love your ants world! 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      Thanks, Lady L.

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  4. Sue Dreamwalker avatar
    Sue Dreamwalker

    Lots of meaning within these words Tom… 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      Indeed, Sue… they do go a little deeper.

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  5. bcparkison avatar
    bcparkison

    Well…I’m the one who turns mad when the ants invade my space. Some things in country living are hard to deal with. Ants being only one of them there are also spiders.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      I’m sure they do it deliberately, Beverly!

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  6. colonialist avatar
    colonialist

    Unaware is a happy state to be in. Rather be anty than constantly need to be anti!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      My thoughts exactly, Col.

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  7. anotherday2paradise avatar
    anotherday2paradise

    Lovde this, Tom. Nature just carries on its daily business, regardless of we foolish humans. We can learn much from the ants, who just keep calm and carry on.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      We can that, Sylvia… but will we?

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  8. prenin avatar
    prenin

    Given where we are headed, it looks like insects are going to be the only survivors!!! 😦

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      True Prenin. Will they ever forgive us?

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      1. prenin avatar
        prenin

        Nope… 😦

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  9. purplepeninportland avatar
    purplepeninportland

    Love those orange ants! Repetition of mad, mad world works well in this, Tom.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      Thanks, Sara. I wanted to mix more of the madness into the calm.

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  10. Pearl Ketover Prilik avatar
    Pearl Ketover Prilik

    Kudos to you and that indomitable persistent “brotherhood of ants” carrying on as “normal” in yes, this mad, mad world.
    Truly a wonderful poem for a terrible time.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar
      Tom Merriman

      Hi Pearl, and thank you. I don’t know where the ants came from, but I liked them.
      I try to dwell less on the terrible, but every now and then it has a tendency to draw me back in!

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