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Posted on May 9, 2014 by Rilla Kirk

A poem inspired by… walking.

Reasons to walk

I walk for exercise and inspiration,

for health and maintenance, and for my moods,

I walk to be in nature – with trees and flowers and clouds,

to be part of my species – I join the walking crowds.

I walk because that’s what I do,

I walk to dream, to meditate, reflect and freely think,

I walk because it’s practical and easy to get from A to B,

I walk at dawn and dusk to know my immortality.

I walk and talk because it eases words,

I walk to hear the birds and feel the breeze,

I walk to laugh at squabbling crows and think philosophy

I walk because I live and love my life.

Anne Kirk on May 11, 2014 at 12:14 said:

Very nice….from another Walker 🙂

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Jan Wentworth on May 10, 2014 at 07:29 said:

A lovely poem Rilla. I walk every morning at 6am in the beautiful Dorset countryside. Remember walks with you and Theis in his push chair in the golden African bush.

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- Rilla Norslund on May 10, 2014 at 09:58 said:
  
  Thank you, Jan. Yes, those were happy days!
  
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Dorothy on May 10, 2014 at 06:12 said:

Lovely poem Rilla….is the picture on Bharidhara Lake opposite side from AISD?

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- Rilla Norslund on May 10, 2014 at 10:00 said:
  
  Dorothy, it is actually from Chapai Nawabganj, far from Dhaka. Rilla
  
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hali on May 9, 2014 at 11:22 said:

I agree.

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- Rilla Norslund on May 10, 2014 at 10:00 said:
  
  Thanks Hali, glad you like it:
  
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