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NaPoWriMo#14 Go to the Hills

Katie Frances Hartless

Here is the hastily penned opening scene of the movie of my life. And despite what mountains I’ve had to climb, I find every day to be the most beautiful thing.

Babbling brook

taught me to type rhyme

and the trees, the way they wear different gowns

for each season’s ball, I want to dance with them all

with an open jaw. Life is a

a song’s long crescendo, rain the laughter,

the hills are my happily-ever-after.

The nostalgia of the last cove, and

love of the newest river bend.

My life is the lemon and the zest.

Offer me anyone else’s, and

I’ll take mine above all the rest.

© khartless 2022, All Rights Reserved

34 responses to “NaPoWriMo#14 Go to the Hills”

  1. Mister Bump UK Avatar
    Mister Bump UK

    You should have placed the song first, so we knew…

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      I think you knew… Your love of musicals and all.

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      1. Mister Bump UK Avatar
        Mister Bump UK

        I felt the hair rising on my neck

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      2. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        Ah, that familiar tingle that those around you will soon burst into song. 😃 the best!

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      3. Mister Bump UK Avatar
        Mister Bump UK

        round here it’s just called choir practise.

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      4. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        😂 a lovely choir of angels

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      5. Mister Bump UK Avatar
        Mister Bump UK

        lol. seriously, out loud. You never heard them!

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      6. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        There are angels in heaven and hell, Mr.B. 😂

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  2. Hobbo Avatar
    Hobbo

    Last couplet says it all. 💖

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Indeed, Hobbo. I look around and see nothing but beauty. 💜

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      1. Hobbo Avatar
        Hobbo

        The only way to be 🌹

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  3. wjwingrove97 Avatar
    wjwingrove97

    You had me at “babbling” 🌷🌻🌹🏵️🪷🌸🌼🌺💐

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Something your good at, then? 💜🦋

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      1. wjwingrove97 Avatar
        wjwingrove97

        I’m the master…I can even do speed babbling 🐣🐣

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      2. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        How delightful. A speed speaker. I’d like to hear that some day. 🐰🧺

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      3. wjwingrove97 Avatar
        wjwingrove97

        I’m also a superb mumbler and stutterer…speed stuttering can be very painful though 😁😁

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      4. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        Only the smartest people I know stutter, my son included. 🦋 Not a bud mumbled myself; a bit like a comb harmonica.

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      5. wjwingrove97 Avatar
        wjwingrove97

        😁😁

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  4. Simon Avatar
    Simon

    That’s quite an openeing scene 🙂

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you. I’ve got a dirndl ready to wear.

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      1. Simon Avatar
        Simon

        What’s that?

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      2. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        A dress.

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      3. Simon Avatar
        Simon

        Ah ok, shows how much I know.
        What kinda dress?

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  5. Jeff Flesch Avatar
    Jeff Flesch

    A beautiful ode to life, K. 💜

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Ty, Jeff. This opening scene isn’t even the best but. 🦋😊

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  6. johnlmalone Avatar
    johnlmalone

    this is exquisite, K: lyrical, sweet, jubilant 🙂

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you ever so much, John. I’m enjoying the flick of my life, even the slow parts. 😊

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      1. johnlmalone Avatar
        johnlmalone

        they’re meant to be savoured too 🙂

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  7. Sunra Rainz Avatar
    Sunra Rainz

    “My life is the lemon and the zest.” I love lemons. A refreshing poem. And don’t we all have those Julie Andrews moments occasionally? I love this song accompaniment, it made me laugh 🙂

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  8. guyleneiswriting Avatar
    guyleneiswriting

    I loved the “my life is the lemon and the zest” sentence. Kudos to the picture and to the song, too.

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you. There is always a twist for the worst of things, is there not? Thanks so much for reading and commenting. Glad to connect with you in the blogosphere.

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  9. writingwhatnots Avatar
    writingwhatnots

    In Salzburg they have Sound of Music tours – so you wouldn’t look out of place in a dirndl there! Love the upbeat, life-loving feeling of this poem.

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      😉 Yes, I have been on the tour in the winter for one of my birthdays. Is that were you are? It’s aching beautiful there. Didn’t wear my dirndl that trip, but it was an easy drive from Munich, where I lived.

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        writingwhatnots

        I bet that was fun! It would be a wonderful place to live, but no, just had a holiday there a few years ago. Loved it.

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K.F. Hartless (she/her) is a free-spirited fiction writer and word trapeze artist. When she’s not juggling her career as a literacy specialist, she’s preparing her latest death-defying act on the keys.

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