Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #94.
This week’s inspiration word is
“learn”. Keeping with the year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

To learn is to seek and grow
A journey where brave hearts go
Where seeds of knowledge we sew
That we may bloom
In every question, every doubt
A chance to learn what life’s about
To take it in and let it out
For us to share
The mind is like an artist’s brush
With each new thought we feel the rush
And hear the trilling of the thrush
A fresh beginning
We stumble, fall, and rise again
With every setback, loss or pain
New wisdom shall be ours to gain
And start anew
With each mistake we find our way
Turning dark into light of day
And keep all doubt and fear at bay
As we stand tall
To learn is to live, grow and be
A lifelong journey to be free
To steer our ship across the sea
With sails unfurled
NAR©2025
This is “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” by Beck
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for Nancy’s Stories 🖊️🎶, The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk, and The Rhythm Section, et. al., and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.

That’s positivity!
I’d not heard this track before – but I love it! I’ve just added to my playlist.
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Thanks so much, dear Keith.
It’s a great song by Beck! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Thank you for this uplifting gift at the end of a long day. Wonderful share, writer Nancy and I love Beck. 🎶 Have a beautiful week!
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Lovely and gracious comments, as always, cara Michele. Your words brought a smile to my face. ☺︎ Beck is wonderful and I also love this song. Thank you for your good wishes; I wish the same for you! ♡🎶
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A pleasure. 😊 You’re welcome and thank you so much! 🌻
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very inspirational, Nancy 🥰
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Lovely comment, Esther. Thank you! ☺️
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This is such a beautiful and inspiring poem Nancy. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Thank you, dear Sadje, for your lovely comments. They are most encouraging! ☺️
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It’s always my pleasure dear friend
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Ah, really beautiful, sis!
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So glad you like it; finding that image to go along was a bit of serendipity! Mille grazie, sorella mia!
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inspiring words paired with such a beautiful image, Nancy …🤍
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A bit of good karma went into both the words and the image! Thanks much, Destiny. ☺️
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A stunning OVI and great choice of music…. One of my favourite versions of this song 💜😍
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Thank you, my friend. I’m surprised I haven’t featured Beck before; I love this song, too!
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Brillant isn’t it 💜
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We do indeedy, … learning as we go, Nancy, .. totally loved it, … it’s so good to be back, if only for shorter periods of time, …(I’ve opened a new blog, … ‘to start anew’ … catch up soon ,.. ) …💫Penn💫
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Penn! OMG – how great to hear from you! I am so glad you stopped to say hi. I do hope you stick around; so much time has gone by. Thanks for leaving such a wonderful comment. ☺️
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Thanks for the welcome lovely friend, … hoping all is ok with you and yours , … I’m hoping things are on an even keel with Robs health having reached a plateau, ..fingers crossed the panic will subside, …I always run when I’m scared, … (twice now from WordPress,) but it’s always there, the poetry/poem pull, …so we’ll see how things go, … lots of love 💫🤗💫💙💫
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We do what we have to do to get by, dear Penn. I have subscribed to your site and am looking forward to catching up. Many blessings on you and Rob. 💛☺️
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A most splendid series of Ovi, Nancy dear. A joy to read these short lines that drip wisdom. Thanks for sharing. Blessings.
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Thank you, Selma! I don’t always feel very wise! ☺️
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