Kim Rodrigues Poet Free verse

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Sappiness Like Syrup

SAPPINESS LIKE SYRUP

fire and ice do battle in our nation
politicking in a clash of thought

droughts of desperation
keep our havens burning

shoulder blizzards frozen white,
why can’t our weather get along?

where’s the rain to make us strong?
and warm quilts sewn with wrinkled hands?

if we strive to cross the arctic freeze:
will God stomp out impassioned southern fires,

melt northern snow, applaud a creation
of hands circling our united globe?

of this i dream! snowballs flung
with lighthearted smiles, fires baking
apple pies, sappiness like syrup.

Kim Rodrigues ©2016

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Andrea Dietrich November 17, 2016 at 7:33 PM Wonderful poem for a strange time in our land! Kim Rodrigues November 17, 2016 at 8:02 PM Thank you, Andrea! We need some sappiness if not happiness :)

Chris Green November 17, 2016 at 9:55 AM There I so much turmoil right now and wouldn't it be nice if it could somehow find the final verse of your poem and say, "hey, that sounds like a much better idea." Nicely done Kim. Kim Rodrigues November 17, 2016 at 9:56 AM Thank you, Chris!