Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 216.73.216.246
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
I looked away and tried to shake her. I can't really describe what I felt in her presence. In fact, if it was a feeling I was experiencing, it felt great . But there she was anyway…smiling and kind of bubbly I guess you could say... right above and just behind the priest….kind of floating I guess. I kept pretending she wasn’t there, looking away and thinking of the person I was praying for even while feeling giddy because she WAS there and the priest obviously couldn’t see her……… She would flit to that person I was saying a prayer for in my mind’s eye and above the picture formed in my mind of that person,.. spread her hands palms up in an outward position while smiling gaily as if to say ..okay we’ve got her covered! But she never said a word. Somehow she made me feel wonderful. I did not know who she was. I just knew she was dressed as a nun and she was a lively bubbly, loving person. My priest friend was still reading and a couple of times he looked up at me and asked me if anything was wrong… I said no but couldn’t help smiling and did not want to tell him what was happening. I thought he would think I fell off my rocker on this fine Easter day. I felt sorry for him trying to help me by reading this for me and here I was lost in an adventure of sorts with this nun! So I said a Hail Mary for him. Quick as a wink she “floated” above him, spread her palms out, kissed him on top of his head and looked at me again with that fun loving smile! I thought I would bust with glee. I laughed out loud. My poor pastor looked up at me and again inquired. I thought I would chance telling him. It did not seem to surprise him a bit. I told him I had to go home. All this while I was overwhelmed with an unmistakable feeling or knowledge that this nun was going to be with me forever and wherever I went. I was even trying to plan ahead how to act in my everyday life with her keeping me in such joyful ....
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required