“Out of the crooked
timber of humanity,
nothing completely straight
was ever made.”
— Isaiah Berlin
once crooked tree limbs
offer foothold to climb sky
shiver me timbers!
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Ship’s Rigging ~ Ready to face the wind • Photo and “Foothold” haiku poem by Mary O’Connor
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Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 
🙂 🙂 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanks! Hope your day was good as well!
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Brilliant quote from Isaiah Berlin! Mary, your Haiku takes me back to Maryland’s Eastern Shore long ago when the tallest and straightest trees found their place as the center mast in a sailing ship. My wife grew up there.
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Thanks! I can appreciate your sentiment as l live in the shadows of Mystic Seaport, famous for its whaling and shipbuilding industries.
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