Joe Maverick Poet Prose Poetry

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Amended 15th 05 2012 

A Day's Grace

Salute, Salute, praiseworthy time and will you pass from ken? 
With all your hoarded aspects oh! Do not I pray make end!
Acquaintance friend intriguing soul, with my clumsy
Style and mind, I know I cannot hold you'' here''
Yet stay with me and smile..!

Portray I ask the grace you hold,
Make free your inner truth, and in this I will find my rest, 
Oh speak the days of my youth, the smell of linen clean and crisp,
And moistly sour suede hide, of earth damp dog, or candy floss, 
And jolting roller coaster rides, azure blue seas from cliff top views,
under lazy clouds of white.

Stay here before my day is done,
At least don't leave me with the night,
Or better still envelope me within those times you keep,
That I may travel ever thus and never want to be released.

© Joe Maverick 14-10-2010

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Daver Austin May 2, 2014 at 11:05 AM Congrats on this good day being chosen. Love, daver

Andrea Dietrich October 2, 2013 at 5:14 PM Revisiting one of my favorites of your poetry. And to give you a big HELLO. Thanks for your comment. luv, Andrea

Michelle Mac Donald May 15, 2012 at 5:54 AM I'm doing the backstroke, Joe, but always moving forward with your writes. This makes me happy, cause at this time I may have needed to appreciate these enchanting writes most!! I thoroughly enjoy your salutation to "praiseworthy time" the imagery attends to the senses..the vibrant colours, the smells, and movement followed at the end by your pensive thought. This blows me away, Joe! Best wishes, Love, Mikki

Poet Destroyer A October 21, 2011 at 10:56 AM ,Good morning,~ JOE ~ how are you this wonderful Friday :-) morning... As for me, I'm missing everyone I know here on the soup PLUS more. *glad we are back up*. By the way I'm also stopping by to read a couple of poems OR commenting the ones I could not all week or yesterday, after being shut out for them awful few days..ENJOYED YOUR POEM, thank you for sharing! Take care and have yourself a wonderful Friday~ ;-) Always,..p.d.

Andrea Dietrich November 21, 2010 at 9:02 AM Ahhh, it never stands still , Joe, it moves on and on and on. I write of this theme so often. Time does that to us. Good one, very nostalgic. Luv, Andrea

Doris Culverhouse November 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM Enjoyed this read today...thanks for stopping by my poems.

Andrea Dietrich November 9, 2010 at 9:12 PM Nice memories to go back to . I enjoyed the lines that mentioned those things, the linen clean and crisp, the roller coaster rides. I miss those myself! Luv, Andrea

Harry Horsman October 19, 2010 at 6:51 AM enjoyed this very profound poem Joe, excellent. Harry

Carolyn Devonshire October 17, 2010 at 6:31 PM Joe, I agree with Nick. The emotion and despair in this poem grip the reader. Beautiful use of creative images -- "jolting roller coaster rides...lazy clouds" enhance the quality of the verse. Powerful and well written. Love, Carolyn

Sara Kendrick October 17, 2010 at 1:59 PM Very descriptive and expressive write..I am glad that I chose this one to read today..Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my work..Sara

Carol Sunshine Brown October 15, 2010 at 9:17 AM Starting my weekend early reading all the amazing poetry of all the wonderful poets here at PoetrySoup. I am so very happy to find your poetry posted here this morning Joe. Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you find tons of inspiration along the way as Fall is upon us. Love, Carol

Nick Bagnall October 15, 2010 at 5:43 AM A very emotionally charged poem, I can really feel the loss here. well written