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 Sandra Savage. The line is from the recent poem delivery First Fall by Maggie Smith.
I’m desperate for you
to love the world because I brought you here
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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Maureen says
To love the world because
Help us to love
the world, here
where I am,
where I brought
you unsoiled —
a lamb licked
clean of after-
birth, not given
to bleating
complaints
of soured milk
or tough tufts
of moor grass
turned silvery
inflorescences —
into a kingdom
of mighty rams
desperate for you
and power.
Bequeath us not
the arched blade
sharply etched,
nor even your crown
of gold that shall
light our path
through this world
to you. But leave
us in love
to love the world
because . . . .
Bethany R. says
What a beautiful poem, Maureen. Especially loved these images/words and want to keep them in my pocket today—
“moor grass
turned silvery
inflorescences —”