Reason A. Poteet Poet Quatrain

What Joy Preserved

When (Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
met Joy Gresham, a Jewess, 
he had questioned his faith in God.
She gently proved his doubt was flawed. 

Later in his book, …Grief Observed
Lewis writes of what Joy preserved.
Changed by what he had learned of pain,
from his wife who gave him free rein.


for Dr. Ram's contest  " Husbands are in
heaven whose wives scold not"
a quatrain with an air of clerihew


I recommend a study of their  brief marriage -
C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman Gresham.

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Abdulhafeez Oyewole March 4, 2014 at 1:54 PM Nice Write! Congrats on your fine win, Reason!!!

Sheri Fresonke Harper March 2, 2014 at 7:11 PM Excellent homage to one of my favorite writers, Poteet, congratulations on your win! Reason A. Poteet March 3, 2014 at 4:56 PM Thank you, Sheri, I learned that he was more modern than I thought and died in 1963. I was living then and in college.

Nette Onclaud March 2, 2014 at 12:52 PM yes, a heavenly write, reason.. congrats!

Richard Lamoureux March 2, 2014 at 10:54 AM Unequally yoked! A most interesting study. Congratulations. Richard Lamoureux March 3, 2014 at 5:31 PM Amen to that brother. Reason A. Poteet March 3, 2014 at 4:58 PM Thanks, Richard, it gives a new meaning to that phrase. Former Christian turned atheist marries a communist Jew and finds a restored relationship with Christ. Wonders never cease.

Kayod5 Kayode March 2, 2014 at 4:41 AM Congrats on the win Reason . No doubt, a great one is this. You are a Champion. Reason A. Poteet March 2, 2014 at 6:03 AM Thanks, Kay... Takes one to know one.

Dr.Ram Mehta March 2, 2014 at 3:48 AM Thanks for supporting my contest and congrats on the fine win, reason Reason A. Poteet March 2, 2014 at 6:03 AM Thanks, Dr. Ram, I learned much about CS Lewis in the write and have ordered A Grief Observed from Amazon as a result as well as Shadowlands. Appreciate the placement in your contest.

Vincent Flannery February 26, 2014 at 7:13 PM Very true write Reason, when you are young and in love you don't think about these things. But as you mature and get older, you wish you did. On Ruth i had to go back to the vetse over and over. May God inspire you. Reason A. Poteet March 2, 2014 at 6:04 AM Thank you Vincent, age counts in loving someone.