Poetry Thursday is on break, they deserve it! I had my own agenda today, anyway!
Would the world have noticed the poem I didn’t write?
Perhaps not, but would a teacher have smiled at a
shy girl’s crush — which led to her own quiet memories
of blushing years before,
of holding hands,
of secret looks
and rejuvenated herself
that harried Wednesday?
Perhaps not, but would a young boy have even finished
his homework which he hated anyway –
when he did not have a poetry book nor his parents a car
to get all the way to the library across town
had his sister not written a silly poem to go into the
report on Poems I Like?
Perhaps not, but would I have grown up
to find solace in poetry
to write beautiful words of sympathy
that another woman, nearly an enemy,
embraced more than one would dream –
had I not had those preteen moments?
Perhaps not, yet the sun would still shine
and the birds would still sing
and more children would be born
and people would go to work
and someone else would have written
but it would not have been the same
for me.
MeeAugraphie
08/16/07
Don’t bother copying these words… ’cause it just ain’t right!
Now, I sat down to write a poem with Matty and her grandchildren on my mind. Her grandson just went out of remission after 14 months. I know, he is just one of many human beings, his family is just one of many families, but what I was trying to express in my poem is we all make a difference, however slight, in someone’s life. Matty has impacted my life as a blogger. I want to impact her life in a tiny way. I declared this week Bolster Matty Week. Do me a favor, don’t comment on this poem, if you tumble onto it, just go over to Running on Empty and bolster her. If you don’t have time to say what you are feeling in your heart, just say, Happy Bolster Matty Week! She will know what is in your heart. . . ’cause she has one, too! And whatever you do, don’t tell her I sent you. . . she does not seek sympathy… not that this is sympathy, it is just BOLSTERING… heck, we are like pillows or something.
McLeesBogaert
8 Comments
i shared a poem of my experience with her.. i hope it brings a moment of joy.. thank you for giving me this opportunity….
Paisley, it cannot help but bring her a moment of joy, to be acknowledged, to have a moment remembered! Thank you for taking the opportunity. We often (me, too) let the moment pass with good intentions, you haven’t.
perhaps not..it covers the whole universe. Thats what I liked about this post. Thoughtful post.
Gautami, thank you for seeing the whole thought behind this….
Perhaps not… but then, would I have ever noticed a woman called Marcia? Link by link, your life is forged in chains. Not original, but I like to think I’ve been shedding excess baggage. I went, I commented.
Oh, Brian, does this mean you have noticed? (insert just plain old silliness in that remark) I have to admit shedding excess baggage confused me. “I went, I commented.”: makes me smile.
I loved your poem but I am too upset about PT to really comment. I strongly feel they should pass on the responsibility to someone who could handle it and keep it alive instead of stopping. It’s bigger than they are now. It’s like a movement of poets. OH well…I finally wrote something again-figures I would have this great timing. arggg….
Chris, I understand. I don’t want it to end. I’m trying to hold off my frustration until it is over. Still a lot to read between now and then. I want to enjoy it while I can, you know? Thank you for the comment on my poem.
Sorry. I will go there to bolster, but first I wanted to tell you that yes, I would have missed your poem and to agree that we are all one yet not. Thanks…
Susan - Interesting that you called attention to all one yet not. I’m glad you did - and that you will bolster. Thank you.
I will certainly head over to Running on Empty next, but wanted to comment here, too - I found your poem very moving. Just lovely. Thank you for sharing it with us!
This Girl Remembers - thank you. I felt it was moving, but sometimes it is hard to separate what I know from what the poem presents.
I know you said no comments but I had to let you know your poem was really lovely.
I visited, thank you for giving us the link.
Tammy - I appreciate your comment and for the visit. Thank you.
yes, lovely poem. i love the way it expresses how interactive the whole world is, how you never know what effect a word or a thought or a touch may have on the next person down the line. it wouldn’t have been the same for you…. and likely for others too.
Thank you, Greggo.