Jeanne Mcgee Poet Sonnet

Reach Out My Hand

How, my dear friend, will we ever manage
To leap across this yawning wide divide
But losing your friendship provides no advantage
Only knows that sorrow and anger ever do collide

Our ways of being differ yet we fondly blend
How I do want my heart to learn quick forgiveness
To let unfurl the threads that bind and mend
Not hold to ways of blocked resistiveness

Reach out my hand and move these days beyond
The week is long without your gleeful laugh
I hope my invitation helps you to respond
That we did not hit our downward graph

So sit with me to take a meal in the quiet of the night
Over wine we will remember to cherish our delight

Bridge Over Troubled Water contest  5th place
written 5-14-2020

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Caren Krutsinger May 24, 2020 at 5:14 AM Congratulations on your win. Love a sonnet, and especially this one. There is nothing as wonderful as friendship!

Aditi Mishra May 21, 2020 at 12:48 AM This sonnet has such a beautiful message Jeanne. Respecting the differences in opinions and cherishing the similarities of love and friendship is wonderful. Congratulations on your win :) Jeanne Mcgee May 21, 2020 at 7:20 AM Thank you Aditi...

John Watt May 21, 2020 at 12:18 AM I love this message! Finding common ground while respecting one another's differences and convictions is a theme we need more of in our world. Lovely poem and congratulations for the win today, Jeanne! Jeanne Mcgee May 21, 2020 at 7:21 AM We do need more of this type of compassion, it's true John. Thank you for stopping by to tell me you liked it.

Sam Kauffman May 20, 2020 at 10:42 PM Greetings Jeanne. Forgiveness is truly a bridge like a hand extended asking for a cherished friendship to be mended and move on. Friendship is a treasure. So nicely done. Congratulatioins! Jeanne Mcgee May 21, 2020 at 7:24 AM Thanks Sam...I cherish my friendships but they are not always easy!

Lindsay Laurie May 20, 2020 at 10:18 PM Hello Jeanne … a really nice limerick Jeanne, and a great finish - well done - Lindsay Jeanne Mcgee May 21, 2020 at 7:26 AM Hi Lindsay, thanks so much.

John Hamilton May 20, 2020 at 4:22 PM Thanks Jeanne for your entry, and congrats for placing in my contest! Jeanne Mcgee May 21, 2020 at 7:25 AM Thanks for taking the time to do it...it was a great theme.

Funom Makama May 19, 2020 at 6:21 AM Beautiful and witty. Words of gracious flow, developing extra limbs to double-embrace the mind. Jeanne Mcgee May 21, 2020 at 7:25 AM Thanks so much Funom.

Anil Deo May 18, 2020 at 8:02 AM Great rhyming couplet at the end, of a gentle poem, about forgiveness and more! (I used to love Iambic pentameter in sonnets, but adapted it for prayer this year). I look fwd to your TOC, contents here, & more fun reads. Shalom,shalOM Jeanne Mcgee May 18, 2020 at 9:56 AM A sonnet can have such beautiful rhythm but I seldom find them an easy write. Thanks for stopping by for a read and for your encouragement, Anil.

Michael Tor May 17, 2020 at 4:17 PM How can you resist that invitation. Nicely written Jeanne. Jeanne Mcgee May 18, 2020 at 9:54 AM Thank you Michael.