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Monday, October 28, 2019

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


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