I love days when melting snow plings rubaiyat
about my feet on city streets, and streams
of poetry wend through my mind, accelerate
while, grocery laden, I can’t reach to dam them.
I love days when slush, exhaust and salt-
encrusted, slows me down enough to let
verse, blank and free-range, have their play.
Syllabic counters, take your salary—and go!
I love days when I don’t care who’s driving
through the neighbourhood with licence plates
from out of state to cipher what I’ve conjugated
from the verbs I do not talk about, except to friends.
On days like this, when winter strokes a gentle
cooling hand across this cabin-fevered brow
I catapult like daffodils and spring from woolly
bed sheets to the silken possibilities of now.
~~~
© Elaine Stirling, 2016
Image of melting snow: photographer unknown
And I love the exuberance in these lines Elaine.
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Thank you kindly, John!
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Still reading faithfully and enjoying your poetry so much, but seldom telling you how much I enjoy and admire your just-right words. I love to start the day by reading your latest poem, or re-reading a favorite. This one would not let me go — I find something new with each reading.
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Helen, I am so delighted to hear from you and happy to know that my poems still offer something fresh. I appreciate your words more than I can say–thank you, dear friend!
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