Frances Schiavina Poet Free verse

Dorothea

Pearls of sunlit smile
a gift of God to the dying
graceful and kind when approached
Dorothea takes anger and insults
as a gift of God to be offered
with Jesus on the sacrifice altar.
Veiled as a nun in her prime
her modest virginity dignified
ever joyful without storming clouds
the peace of God in her mind
sparkling the sea in her eyes
a light from on high divine.
Melody of robins in concert
murmuring of brooks when falling
the joy of bells ringing morning
would pale at the sound of her voice
                                             Adorable

Second Place: Julia Ward-Nun-5/27/20

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Kim Rodrigues May 28, 2020 at 2:34 PM Congratulations, Frances!

David Drowley May 27, 2020 at 10:30 AM 'Frances, Congratulations on your well-deserved win. Some nice lyrical qualities. David'

Julia Ward May 27, 2020 at 4:17 AM Congratulations on your second place win, Frances. Thank you for your entry to my contest called "Nun" where the rules were that the nun had to be called Dorothea, a name meaning "gift of God", a phrase having to appear twice in your poem. Frances Schiavina May 27, 2020 at 12:38 PM May God help all nuns shining His light! Thank you Julia for your courageous faith/truth witness in sponsoring.

Arturo Michael May 18, 2020 at 12:24 PM I wondered who was this woman of great virtue...obviously it's someone else, I thought it might have been, American educator, social reformer, and humanitarian whose devotion to the welfare of the mentally ill...also called Dorothea Frances Schiavina May 19, 2020 at 7:59 AM Greatness is forgiveness. It does not so much consist in taking care of the mentally ill but more in how it's done. The soul is more contagious than the body. Each hidden thought effects the whole earth. Butterfly Effect!