Welcome to this week’s poetry club tea date!
Get your favorite steep (or brew) and join us in writing a quick poem based on the following line, submitted by Every Day Poems reader Pauline Beck. The line is from the recent poem delivery Baby by Madison Julius Cawein.
You’ll never find a pearl like this
Your Pour
Take a moment to write a poem based on the shared line. Then add to the comment box (with a touch of cream and sugar) so other club members can enjoy.
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Amy F says
“You’ll never find a pearl like this”
though, there was that diamond found
in an inherited paperclip box
the stuff of family lore
that now sits
solitare
in a band
on the finger of your hand.
Bethany R. says
Ingriguing—makes me want to know more. Love the concrete detail of the “inherited paperclip box.”
Amy F says
Thank you for reading and taking time to comment, Bethany.
Monica Sharman says
A Pearl Like This
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
– G.K. Chesterton
See this pearl? No, I know you don’t. Don’t know
how good you have it, gorgeous priceless smooth
pearl right there in your hand, scrubbed fingers
closed up on it so tight. No wonder you can’t
even see it. Clenched it over and forgot you had it
in your palm all along. Better open up your grip, take a good
long stare. See that pearl now? Could be you’ll never
see it again.
Monica Sharman says
Not sure I put any cream and sugar in that one, but anyway. 🙂
Amy F says
I like the commanding presence of the voice. It feels scary movie narrator like to me. Seasonally appropriate. Thanks for sharing.
Bethany R. says
“scrubbed fingers/ closed up on it so tight.”
Thank you for sharing your poem here, Monica! 🙂
(My son and I have been enjoying a book of Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries lately—clever fun. 😉
Amy F says
We watch Father Brown at our house too! My mother recommended it and because, well, Mr. Weasley is a favorite character as well.
Amy F says
I like the commanding presence of the voice. It feels scary movie narrator like to me. Seasonally appropriate. Thanks for sharing.