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Today
is an Open-Link day for you, friends! Link up any poem you’ve written of your
choice. You might post an old one if you so wish.
July
30 is supposed to be the International Friendship Day too, as proclaimed by the
UN General Assembly in 2011 to promote friendship between people, countries,
cultures and individuals with the aim to build bridges between communities
enhancing peace efforts.
In
the world of online poetry we are already that! We are all great friends coming
from different countries, cultures and communities in spite of the fact that we
all live in a crazy world where nothing is going right at the moment. We share
our joys and sorrows together; we bond and pray for a peaceful world for all.
All we want is a “dust of Snow” for that transformation and shift towards a more
cheerful mood.
I’ll
share a couple of poems. If you wish you might take the hint from there and
write your own lines.
Dust of Snow
Robert
Frost
The
way a crow
Shook
down on me
The
dust of snow
From
a hemlock tree
Has
given my heart
A
change of mood
And
saved some part
Of
a day I had rued.
The Sumer Day
Mary
Oliver
Who made the world?
Who made the swan,
and the black bear?
Who made the
grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I
mean —
the one who has
flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is
eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her
jaws back and forth instead of up and down —
who is gazing
around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her
pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her
wings open, and floats away.
I don't know
exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to
pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how
to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and
blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I
have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else
should I have done?
Doesn't everything
die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it
you plan to do
with your one wild
and precious life?
Please share your poem using Mr. Linky below
and visit others in the spirit of the community. Please include this link in
your post.
Thank you Sumana - will be back in the morning- Jae
ReplyDeleteAn open link is so welcome, Sumana! Thanks for hosting. I love the connections we make here, united in our wish for a world of social and environmental justice - an aim a long way from being realized at the moment, sadly. But we live in hope!
ReplyDeleteYes, Sherry, you are so right, we do live in hope.
DeleteHello friends! I hope everything is going well in your part of the world. Wishing you all a happy Wednesday. This week is your choice.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't choose, but did, an odd poem.
DeleteI enjoyed your lines thoroughly. They tell us about our feelings too.
DeleteAn old poem from 2013. Different mood , different time. A lot has happened in twelve years.Thank you Sumana for the open link feature.
ReplyDeleteNice to see you Rall. It was such a delight to read your poem.
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