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RED GLADIOLA

Fiction & Poetry Journal of T. Wong

Tag: happiness

A sensitive joy

exhausting to live
nursing a soap bubble
when a stray wind or word
can pop a fleeting happiness

Author redgladiolaPosted on April 4, 2016April 4, 2016Categories It Really Happened, Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags happiness, highly sensitive people, poetry, sensitive, writing10 Comments on A sensitive joy

Revival

the spark once doused
again reignites
and sets tender tinder
aflame

Author redgladiolaPosted on February 10, 2016February 10, 2016Categories Love, Poetry, WritingTags happiness, love, optimism, poetry, writing3 Comments on Revival

Light

sometimes I feel
more plant than animal
storing up sunshine
for those overcast days

Author redgladiolaPosted on September 21, 2015Categories Nature, Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags happiness, poetry, sun, writing5 Comments on Light

Star

do not let
anyone’s refusal, stop
you from doing
what lights you up;
you are a magnificent
singularity

Author redgladiolaPosted on August 28, 2015Categories Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags happiness, inspiration, poetry, single, thoughts, writing5 Comments on Star

Good Memories

the smiles of yesteryear
grow fainter by the day
but the contentment they evoke
hold eternal sway

Author redgladiolaPosted on August 2, 2015Categories Love, Poetry, WritingTags family, happiness, love, memories, poetry, writing4 Comments on Good Memories

Effortless

O happiness of youth
and radiant possibilities
why must such flowers
bloom readily
for only a short while?

Author redgladiolaPosted on March 5, 2015March 5, 2015Categories Poetry, WritingTags happiness, optimism, poetry, writing, youth6 Comments on Effortless

In the moment

mindfulness is hard to practice
when those around you
offer unsolicited advice
to combat what is perceived to be
a long term unhappiness

Author redgladiolaPosted on February 20, 2015Categories Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags advice, happiness, mindfulness, poetry, writing3 Comments on In the moment

Self-Enlightenment

although I can cast aside
wealth
and live happily
in humble surroundings

still I will crave
good health
and the love
and approbation
of others

Buddha sat under a tree
with only himself
and created thoughts
for company

but I
I am not nearly
so clever

Author redgladiolaPosted on February 6, 2015Categories Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags buddhism, desire, enlightenment, happiness, love, poetry, suffering, writing11 Comments on Self-Enlightenment

Lifeline

Strawberry

so few understand
the illumination of a dash of color
when the whole world feels gray

Author redgladiolaPosted on September 14, 2014Categories Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags color, depression, happiness, hope, poetry, thoughts, writing36 Comments on Lifeline

Lessons from a Game of Chance

Dice

Tired of mood maintenance
I take a roll of the dice which tells me to:

Question
Smile
Explore

To live as children live
certain that each day brings a new joy
certain that life is meant for discovery

Author redgladiolaPosted on September 12, 2014Categories Poetry, Thoughts, WritingTags discovery, happiness, knowledge, life, poetry, thoughts, traveling, writing25 Comments on Lessons from a Game of Chance

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Red Gladiola


Red Gladiola is the fiction and poetry journal of T. Wong. From the Roman word for “sword,” the gladiolus symbolizes strength and moral integrity, as well as infatuation. All images used at Red Gladiola are taken from the public domain unless otherwise credited. Works may not be used or duplicated without the author's explicit consent.

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