It's April, Poetry Month, Day Eight! And it's Poetry Friday, hosted by Janice Scully at Salt City Verse! She's sharing a wonderful interview with David Elliott about his new book, At The Pond, and some extra advice for all. Thanks, Janice!
The bookmark, on top of the picture above, came into the bookstore at the end of March. Often people do donate books and leave 'treasures' in them. This time, it became my own treasure and I knew what I would do for April's poetry, write about found treasures, perhaps find new places to look? Happy April!
Plus! Check each day for the added line to the Progressive Poem, created by Irene Latham, now hosted by Margaret Simon! The link is to the right!
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| painted long years ago, a prize-winner |
Treasure from the Past
I grew up with a grandpa
who
raised pigs
ran a feed store
after losing nearly all his farm
in the Great Depression.
He read Shakespeare to me
along with The Wizard of Oz.
He taught me the starry sky
and to be kind to everyone.
When I remember him,
I think of patched pants
and work-worn hands,
his advice to love life
no matter what it brings,
especially when I was terrified
to go off to college
all alone. He promised
his thoughts would travel with me.
He sketched sometimes yet
I never knew that he won a prize
when he was young,
longed to be an artist.
The Great War took his palette.
I didn’t understand the grief
hidden away until I grew
to understand how it was
back, so far back, then.
Linda Baie ©
