Poetry: A Poem For You

@divalounger (6117)

United States

April 5, 2017 8:22pm CST

I thought I would post a poem here. This is from my blog and so I am not sending it out for publication-- Gifts From Small Gods small gods strew yellows and pinks onto dew from liquid palattes, a gift to the cats who stalk them in the jungles of spent tomatoes and browned squash captured, i sit awash in morning's gifts gathering courage from waxen images torn open spilling seed colors run together until all i can see is brown and I am reminded that there is no tomorrow without fertile soil. copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2016

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (60991)

• Centralia, Washington

6 Apr 17

Nicely paced with fresh images.

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

6 Apr 17

Thank you Lenore--

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@dhoyalahoy (1414)

• Philippines

6 Apr 17

I love poems too.

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

6 Apr 17

Poems are great--and I only really discovered them as an adult

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@dhoyalahoy (1414)

• Philippines

6 Apr 17

@divalounger you should write and compile. My first poem was way back 2002.

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

6 Apr 17

@dhoyalahoy I keep playing around with CreateSpace --and putting together a chapbook--I know so many poets who publish this way now

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@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

7 Apr 17

without fertile soil and bees.... I love the word painting.

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

8 Apr 17

and I love the bees--I love to walk them stagger drunkenly from flower to flower

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

9 Apr 17

@PainsOnSlate Oh I bet! Bees are fascinating!

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@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

9 Apr 17

@divalounger two of my adult children have hives. So interesting to see them take care of the bees.

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@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

7 Apr 17

Beautiful poetry. I never put together that you are Audrey.

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

7 Apr 17

Yup--it's me!

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

7 Apr 17

@JamesHxstatic are you anywhere else these days??

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

7 Apr 17

@divalounger We have now written together on two or three sites.

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Timothy Roberts

@theBlock (2657)

• United States

26 Apr 17

@divalounger I-loved-it!...You-have-a-gift-from-a-poetic-god,,that's-for-sure....

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

26 Apr 17

sometimes!

@Purpleflower05 (132)

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8 Sep 17

nice poem. :-)

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

9 Sep 17

@Purpleflower thak you so much!

@Purpleflower05 (132)

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11 Sep 17

@divalounger you're welcome.. :-)

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@jstory07 (139551)

• Roseburg, Oregon

7 Apr 17

We do need fertile soil to grew our food in. I really liked the poem that you wrote.

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

7 Apr 17

Thank you Judy--fertile soil makes all the difference!

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317040)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 Apr 17

Very nice poem. I love all the imagery created from your garden.

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@divalounger (6117)

• United States

7 Apr 17

My garden is a favorite subject--thank you for your kind words

@responsiveme (22926)

• India

3 May 17

It conjures up the nature you can see.loved it

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