The Gift

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Poem of the week

By jennifer

Sun, 14 Aug 2022
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14 comments
 

The Gift (14.08.2022)

 

Here,

hold out your hands,

I have a gift for you

that slips like sand.

 

Quick,

don’t take a breath,

you’ll let it fall

and make a mess.

 

Wait,

don’t move too fast,

this precious thing,

it will not last.

 

Tick,

you hear the clock,

the sun moves round,

as if to mock.

 

Turn,

and you’re alone,

I’ve been and gone,

the day has flown.

 

Share,

be generous

pass on the gift,

this thing called love.

 

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Comments

Submitted by monodemo on

well deserved cherries. i loved the rhythm of the poem. the one word opening line for each stanza. 

thank you for sharing

mono

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

love this one Jennifer, and really nice to see something from you again - thank you

 

Submitted by marandina on

Yes, I like the way each stanza starts with a word. Very nicely done. Paul

 

Submitted by celticman on

the day has flown indeed. Life does that. Poetry slow us down a tick. 

 

Submitted by Kris on

Cheery Basket 4sure.... 

 

Submitted by Ewan on

This is our poem of the week. Well done.

Do you think you could adjust the font and make it bigger, as it's a little sore on the eyes at this size?

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Submitted by Ewan on

of adding an image so your accolade is more eye-catching on the front page. Image is from pixel.la via wiki commons and is CC0 licenced.

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Submitted by jennifer on

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments, and to Ewan and the ABCtales editorial team for the Poem of the Week accolade. I haven't written in a while. My father was taken into hospital on the day I wrote this. He has been ill for a long time, and this is about him, and how much I love him, and me coming to terms with the idea that I will soon lose him. It is one of those that just flowed from fingers to laptop almost exactly as it is written. J x 

 

Submitted by Ewan on

I hope you don't mind. It really was very small and I'd hate for peope to have missed out on your excellent poem because they couldn't read it.

E x

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Submitted by jennifer on

Thank you, I couldn't work out how to do it! Not sure why it was so small to start with! J x

 

Submitted by Ewan on

This clever use of simple language to express complex emotion means that this poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please, those who use social media, share and/or retweet so others can enjoy it too.

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

I'm so pleased to see all these honours. They're very well deserved. A beautiful poem and I'm so sorry about your father. I hope you manage to read this to him

 

Submitted by sean mcnulty on

Great to see a piece from you again, Jennifer. This is lovely. Hope your dad is okay.

 

Submitted by catherine poarch on

This is lovely - well deserved. And thinking of you.