It's Poetry Friday, and Jan Godown Annino is hosting on her website, Bookseed Studio here! She's brought us a poem from far away, a paean to our dear earth, something to keep close, to keep well! Thanks for hosting, Jan!
I know that you all may know these words from Tolkien, and yet, they are ever in my mind.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
You may know that wildfires are in numerous places here in Colorado, some continuing to rage, no diminishing in sight. They are not near Denver, but the smoke is, making it challenging, dangerous for some, to be outside. I miss my usual times, but still have to do some things. This recent time brought a poem out of the smoke!
A Chore Whirrs Up A Memory
finding solace in the everyday
mowing my tiny lawn
my old push mower whirrs me along
I spread the cuttings
like my grandpa showed me
adding free fertilizer
funny how those old words stay
keep me remembering my times with him
how he managed
hard days softly
Linda Baie ©
