Maybe we should all try writing poems to our friends. It's better than sending flowers. And more lasting. Don't we all want to be found beautiful by our friends? And don't we also find them beautiful?
I'll be writing a poem back to Isabel. What a lot we would miss without friends like Isabel in our lives.
For Kay
Our beautiful poet
is out behind her house
in her black boots, her big
red beads and a dress to match.
She has one foot on her woodpile.
Her blue clothes line waits
and inside on the stove
a big pot of barley soup bubbles.
And she has a kind, indulgent
smile for all those whose hands
have not felt the rough bark
on logs carried in to the fire,
who have never snapped a bean
or a clothes pin and who don't
have a small bushy black dog
named Byron to bound around
in the backyard. What
a lot they have missed!
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7 comments:
What a nice poem. I remember Elizabeth Zuber helping me often in the Wake Forest library when I did my MALS there a few years ago.
How wonderful to get such a sweet poem, I think it is better than a bouquet of flowers or a friendship bracelet. I adore Isable Zuber's book "Salt" and I've been eagerly awaiting another from her, when people come in to the library wanting a North Carolina author I always send them to the Z section in search of Isabel's work.
Kay and Isabel. Nice poem. I love you both.
Great idea - write poems to your friends. I love that photo of you, Kay. You look like you are ready to take on the world!
Glenda said it just right - You DO look ready to take on the world! and your poem from Ms. Zuber is a treasure; as is she.
Yaaay Isabel! And we get to see that *sexy* photo of you too Kay. (Youshould use it, or the one of your flamenco move, in your next book.) Splendid peom. Splendid poets. (((((((( Sigh.))))))
A very nice poem indeed. Love the pioneer woman photo. I agree with Glenda, you do look like you are ready to take on the world - on second thought, why don't you?
Sam
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