Keep Moving Forward
Walk away with a smile
Come back with a frown
Sometimes the sun’s up
Other times down
Find a new path
That brings you away
Like a sturdy birch lath
You can bend, you can sway
Keep your head high
Float into the sky
©2026 CBialczak
Quadrille #239: Smile!
Stine Writing 
Nicely done 👏
Reminds me of a lyric which goes something like
“The common thread that makes you my friend
Is that we won’t break by only bend”
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*but
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Great poem, Christine!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you Yvette!
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This is beautiful, Christine!
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Thank you
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Delightful and decidedly upbeat–floating! 😊
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I love the pep in this!
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Thanks!
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The jauntiness of your quadrille in rhyming couplets cheered me up a little, Christine, I’m taking these lines as my motto for the day:
‘Keep your head high
Float into the sky’.
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Good for you! We all need a little lift sometimes!
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I love the way you find the smile in those new paths
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Thanks!
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Lovely poem Christine
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Navigating the day. Smile some of the way.
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exactly!
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Catchy – especially when read aloud!! Nice upbeat poem!
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Thank you
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Nice one, Christine
Thanks for dropping by my blog
🎇much love
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❤️
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love the rhyme Christine 😀
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Thanks!
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I love the way your words move, and sway. And the image that we can move with the wind like that branch. Perfect.
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Thanks so much
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Very well done, Christine!
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thank you
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:>)
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Smiling is close to floating!
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In the world we are in we need to float on clouds at least some of the time!
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It’s all in the attitude! 🙂
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for sure!
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Forward works for me.
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Good one Christine!
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Thanks Di!
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