Sidney Beck Poet Epithalamium

A Toast To Our Breakfast

A   TOAST   TO   OUR   BREAKFAST


Come break this bread,  feed me warmth of sharing.
Break the grip of solitude: toast our warm   pairing.
Pour out your heart,  pour out a loving cup of grace,
Smell the perfume of acceptance in this love-scented place.
Look at me with honest tender face  
Filled  with  devotion and   caring.

A shared breakfast  with thou my wife,
A true  spiritual occasion, a shared life;
No ritual miracle of water  changed into wine,
No last supper ;  first meal of the day  so fine. 
The miracle of existence, thine  and  mine,
Changed into life.


Waking  sun behind us washes warmth into our hands                                  
Joined daily  at the altar cloth  -  each strand’s                                
Spread  with love -  a celebration, a word, a glance. 
Our  eyes say it  all  askance:
A touch of fingertip   romance
In  a crumb brushed from a wedding band.       

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(Written for the GOOD MORNING competition)

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Andrea Dietrich January 27, 2011 at 8:15 PM This is a wonderful poem written lovingly by a man celebrating not only a new day but his life with his wife. Congratulations. LUv, Andrea

Debbie Guzzi January 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM Yikers! Most superb! Boy is she a lucky Tanya! and I really liked how the rhyme was subtle and the page layout too, giving it a masculine edge. Congrad's Light & Love

Sara Kendrick January 21, 2011 at 4:39 PM Congratulations on your win with this fine work..Sara

James Fraser January 21, 2011 at 9:08 AM Congratulations Sydney on your win in Francine's contest. Have a lovely weekend....:)

Kory Calhoun January 21, 2011 at 5:47 AM Hi Sydney - Congratulations on your win in Francine's contest. Best wishes, KC

Carol Sunshine Brown January 21, 2011 at 4:04 AM Congratulations on your win Sydney in the "Good Morning" contest by Francine Roberts. Love, Carol

Nette Onclaud January 20, 2011 at 10:41 PM now, a real TOAST for winning so well in this morning contest, sydney.. CHEERS! :) hugggs, nette

Francine Roberts January 20, 2011 at 8:47 PM congrats on your 5th place win in my contest with this lovely poem Sydney

Joyce Johnson January 20, 2011 at 4:11 PM Very loving, sincere and poetic. Congratulations Sydney on a great win. Love, Joyce

Carolyn Devonshire January 20, 2011 at 3:34 PM Syd, congratulations on your win in Francine's contest. Love, Carolyn

Barbara Gorelick January 20, 2011 at 3:28 PM Congrats on your win in the contest. I love fingertip romance. BG

Linda-Marie Sweetheart January 20, 2011 at 3:07 PM Congrats Syd on your big win in the Good Morning contest with this excellent entry my friend... enjoy another great victory and success so well deserved with luv..

James Fraser January 15, 2011 at 6:30 AM Beautiful reading Sydney, a delight this fine Saturday....:)

Carolyn Devonshire January 14, 2011 at 1:58 PM It sounds like every morning you spend with your spouse is a wonderful one, Syd. What a great way to start the day! Your last two lines here are priceless. Best wishes in the "good morning" contest, my friend. Love, Carolyn