Regenerate, a Poem.


June 18, 2022
Following on yesterday’s rumination on the word “retire,” a word I think should be retired, today I focus on the word “regenerate” since MEA is dedicated to regeneration, not retirement.

Regenerate
live
rise
start
open
elate
uplift
renew
revive
create
spring
inspire
arouse
refresh
curious
revivify
enliven
brighten
recreate
sally forth
illuminate
alchemist
reawaken
awestruck
reinvigorate
growing whole
tune in turn on
new beginnings
transformational
in service of planet
gnostic intermediary
intergenerational sherpa
older wiser livelier souls (OWLS)

Which 32 lines speak to you: yesterday’s “retire” poem or today’s “regenerate”?

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