So Lucky

I’m so lucky to live near the Met,*
Where the art is as good as you’ll get
Anyplace you may go
And with every new show
I am grateful to be in its debt.

If I visit along with a friend,
Then it’s certain that I can depend
On whatever we see,
Both for her and for me,
To be worth all the time we will spend.

Such an outing just happened today,
Though my friend went way out of her way,
But we so much enjoyed
What we viewed and left buoyed
By such wonderful art on display.

*Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Rigoler Avatar
March 21, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Lucky you!!! I do something like that, Ilene, but on a much less grander scale. My town as a few art galleries and I visit them on a monthly basis. I'm not a movie addict, however. My movie viewing is on my computer these days. / Maurice
Andresen Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:12 PM
- A perfect cultural day, Ilene :) - hugs
Bauer Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:25 PM
very true, anne-lise! thanks...
Cunningham Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Sounds like you've found your sanctuary Ilene. Must be so relaxing. Tom
Bauer Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:25 PM
yes, it makes me forget about anything i'm stressed out about while i'm there, tom...
Greenhough Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Sounds great. I never visited the Met, but did go to the Guggenheim in N.Y. Good art is a fascinating world.
Bauer Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM
i agree. it really lifts one's spirits to see what museums have to offer. to me, the met is very special...
Rolland Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 7:40 AM
i have visited the Met once, almost in another life, i agree with you, you are very lucky, such wonders to share here, new exopision every month or week, thanks for the moving poem yann
Bauer Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:23 PM
thank you for the comment, yann! i try to visit museums in every city i visit, but i can walk to the met from my apartment and i'm very appreciative of that fact...
Vaso Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 3:05 AM
If you have facebook and you wish you can add me! I am the Met on FB LOL, seriously most of my posts are about art!
Bauer Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:21 PM
hey arthur! i'm not on facebook, but i'm glad to find a fellow art lover...
Vaso Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 3:04 AM
and here I thought I was getting lucky!! :) Loved this poem
Bauer Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:22 PM
thanks for taking the time to comment!
Wolf Avatar
March 18, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Truly an inspiring place. Beats the pants off the Art Institute, methinks. 'Course, the grass is always greener on the other side, isn't it? ~ Mister Ingrate
Bauer Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:21 PM
ha! you have wonderful museums in chicago, gershon, but i guess it's human nature to see that greener grass. thanks for the comment...
M  Avatar
March 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I so enjoy your daily outings and adventures Ilene…..you bring them to life for the reader so well! Debx
Bauer Avatar
March 19, 2024 at 12:20 PM
thank you, deb! much appreciated...
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