More great poetic replies to the prompt of the week. Mine is “Moment of Imminent Action” thanks to Jamie Dedes!
Oh lovely chance, what can I do
To give my gratefulness to you?
You rise between myself and me
With a wise persistency;
I would have broken body and soul,
But by your grace, still I am whole.
Many a thing you did to save me,
Many a holy gift you gave me,
Music and friends and happy love
More than my dearest dreaming of;
And now in this wide twilight hour
With earth and heaven a dark, blue flower,
In a humble mood I bless
You wisdom– your waywardness.
You brought me even here, where I
Live on a hill against the sky
And look on mountains and the sea
And a thin white moon in the pepper tree.
The Collected Poems
This week we bring you poems in response to If You Get Another Chance, the last Wednesday Writing Prompt, December 11, 2019. This interesting…
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