The Softness of a Country Rose For Mary Jo Hoose
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This poem is dedicated to Mary Jo Hoose who kindly commented recently on one of my poems titled, "Wake Up Little Sleep Head." Her comments are some of the most thoughtful any poet could ask for and I felt that I owed her a special kind of thanks. So thank you Mary Jo! It's a pleasure to meet you here in Poetry Soup and I hope we (especially I) remain poetically connected for as long as possible. All the best to you and our fellow Soup Poet friends. Peace, Terry
A stranger lifted me up today
While I was lost in my own self-centered universe,
Silently crying about nobody else reading, commenting or caring
About anything I’ve said,
Considering myself poetically dead.
I’ve been more concerned with the encroaching materialistic
Responsibilities, requirements and concerns of living
Instead of turning my attentions outward towards others
And lifting myself out of this whirl pool of self-pity
Into the ocean of giving.
When to my wondrous delight dark turned to light
As out of seemingly nowhere a fellow poet spoke gently and composed:
“Your poetry is like the softness of a country rose.”
And while I know not where she lives and breathes
This furtherance of feeling was shared with me:
“I too am blue as sky is gray and nothing more will do today
Except ethereal connections are how we poets play.”
I was more than moved, to say the least
How this gypsy out of cyber space
Renewed my poetic vow:
To speak the truth simple, plain and clear
As I know how.
And how
My words and hers connected
Through the vacuum of space and time
Is a story for another day and rhyme.
Until then, I stand transformed
By those few words she engendered –
And would give anything to tell her
How sweet and kind her words were rendered.
Copyright © Terrell Martin | Year Posted 2014
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