To Read a Poem, Dear...

 A few poems read and reread recently...

To read a poem, dear

Takes very little time

Like tids-and-bits of love and cheer

Proportioned into rhyme

It creates common ground

Where we of sundry walk

Are somewhat all together bound

By simple tick and tock

To read a little verse

Penned for thought’s benefit

Can turn intentions we rehearse

Into ‘just doing it’

…and helps us realize

In just a line or two

How literature in bite-size

Is quite easy to chew

A poem is a hug

Across the years and miles

To mediate their tender tug

With ink-anointed smiles

Where, though Time takes its toll

And proof of progress spreads

The elements of heart and soul

 Are spun with ancient threads

To read a poem, dear

(though some may think it strange)

Helps us to balance now and here

With things that never change

© Janet Martin