there is always spring , a poem

times are
weighty
fevered
fervent
anxious

the canvas of your life weeps
it is a call to rest ~
to rest
to meditate
to wait …

for spring, a benediction
please listen …
there is always spring

this week
clouds swelled
burst into tears
overflowed into creeks and rivers
crashed into roofs and trees

but you’re still here
a survivor!

rebirth
renewal
relief

benediction

nothing lasts forever
not even this

ABOUT THE POET BY DAY

The Poet by Day, an information hub serving poets and writers
The BeZine, founding and managing editor
Beguine Again, regular contributor
Second Light Network of Women Poets, professional affiliation
Testimonials
Disclosure
Facebook
Twitter

9 Comments

Renee Espriu says:

January 20, 2018 at 4:06 pm

Yes, there is always a Spring, always new beginnings. Be well.

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
bogpan says:

January 20, 2018 at 1:57 am

forever

youth is quick
out of breath is staying
by a long time
it’s swinging on clouds
smiling
and crying in rains
in spring
the youth doesn’t know
about the turns
it waits for nobody
hidden
loves clearly and openly
it speaks to the sky
and to the roots
it knows to count
but it won’t
calculate

we go back to the youth
when we’ve lost it
(in the dream and with a sermon)

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. Jamie Dedes says:
  
  January 20, 2018 at 9:08 pm
  
  Beautiful and true, bogpan. Thank you!
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
bogpan says:

January 19, 2018 at 10:37 am

twice the same word appears in this poem- “benediction”. this is another spring. eternal. thank you, Jamie, for sharing!

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. Jamie Dedes says:
  
  January 20, 2018 at 9:07 pm
  
  Thank you, bogpan!
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
WaltPage says:

January 19, 2018 at 3:14 am

Beautiful poem 😊💛

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. Jamie Dedes says:
  
  January 20, 2018 at 9:06 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
  1. WaltPage says:
    
    January 20, 2018 at 9:11 pm
    
    You’re very welcome Jamie! ☺💛
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
    
    Reply
MOMENTS says:

January 19, 2018 at 1:46 am

Lovely poem with powerful words. Yes, there is always hope and rebirth. Love this: “the canvas of your life weeps”. Yes, I think we are all artists who draw and paint the direction and the meaning of our lives. Somehow your poem seems to connect with the lines of a very humble poem I posted last June: “Some of us have brushes in our hands/
starting the repair job,/ painting a new landscape.” (from: https://momentsbloc.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/moon-fisherboy/)

BTW, as I am so fond of your poems I would love to add a link to your blog from mine. Would you agree to that. This is how my links are organised: https://momentsbloc.wordpress.com/links/

LikeLike

Reply

Thank you! Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

“I want my friends to understand that “staying out of politics” or being “sick of politics” is privilege in action. Your privilege allows you to live a non-political existence. Your wealth, your race, your abilities or your gender allows you to live a life in which you likely will not be a target of bigotry, attacks, deportation, or genocide. You don’t want to get political, you don’t want to fight because your life and safety are not at stake.

“It is hard and exhausting to bring up issues of oppression (aka “get political”). The fighting is tiring. I get it. Self-care is essential. But if you find politics annoying and you just want everyone to be nice, please know that people are literally fighting for their lives and safety. You might not see it, but that’s what privilege does.” / Kristen Tea, motherwiselife.org

Over 522,000 views by and more than 156,000 visits from poets, writers and lovers of literature and art
Over 25,000 comments by poets and friends
Nearly 6,900 subscribers via WordPress, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and eMail.
Opportunities: Calls for Submissions, Contests, Events and Other Information and News
Support for Freedom of Expression; Peace, Sustainability, Social Justice
Wednesday Writing Prompt, see your poems on theme published the following Tuesday
Enjoy poems and poets, including underrepresented voices and poets just finding their voices in maturity

Rock with us …

“A poet’s work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.” Salman Rushdie

Unless otherwise noted, the content of this blog, including the photos and text (poems, essays, stories, feature articles), are owned by Jamie Dedes. Links and short excerpts of a post (up to 5 lines) may be used with credit and a link back the post or you may use the Word Press reblog function.

Please do not copy, print or post the work of guest poets, writers and photographers without their permission. Leave a comment on the post and I’ll put you in touch.

Photographs of recommended products are generally the property of the producer.

Contact thepoetbyday@gmail.com with questions or for permissions.

The Poet by Day is an information hub for poets and writers. Featured each week are Calls for Submissions, Contests, Events and other useful news. Responses to WEDNESDAY WRITING PROMPTS are published on the following Tuesday. SEND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES to thepoetbyday@gmail.com

Actively supports freedom of expression, sustainability and human rights.

The BeZine fosters understanding through a shared love of the arts and humanities and all things spirited; seeks to make a contribution toward personal healing and deference for the diverse ways people try to make moral, spiritual and intellectual sense of a world in which illness, violence, despair, loneliness and death are as prevalent as hope, friendship, reason and birth. Submissions to Jamie Dedes bardogroup@gmail.com

Actively supports peace, environmental sustainability, social justice and a life of the spirit.

The Book of Lumenations — Interview with Adeena Karasick

Introduction to Eicha—Adeena Karasick Particularly speaking to this “Covid moment,” Eicha (איכה) comprises 5 videopoems which takes as its jumping off point, the Biblical Eicha, The Book of Lamentations, which laments the destruction of Jerusalem and through reflection, deflection, refraction and the fracturing of language, homophonically re-situates the original text to the horrors and hope of […]

~ The Will of the Quill ~

“Thick as the speed of clotted thoughts,
This language suffices;
A cumbersome tool.…”

A poem by Corina Ravenscraft “…about the limits of the written word and language.…”

Kelly Kaur — Two Poems

A Singaporean’s Love Affair begins with a secret code.

Exist “sometimes…yearn[s] to be/ simply monochromatic…”

Read these poems on race by Kelly Kaur in The BlogZine Blog | interNational Poetry Month.

Guerrilla Poetry plus 2 more from Lorraine Caputo

Guerrilla Poetry, Comments from a Reading, and Banquete Cultural from Lorraine Caputo — poetics, activism, and community combine in these three poems for interNational Poetry Month on The BeZine Blog.

Somewhere a Whirring Fan

Somewhere, a whirring fan
in an open window spins
possibilities into threads…

Poetry month on The BeZine Blog.

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

	Jamie Dedes on “Night Mail” by W.…
	Irene aarons on “Night Mail” by W.…
	Jamie Dedes on “Night Mail” by W.…
	anjum wasim dar on “Night Mail” by W.…
	anjum wasim dar on With Twice Found Hope and Tend…

ABOUT THE POET BY DAY

Rate this:

Thank you for sharing your love of words. Comments will appear after moderation.

Like this:

Related

9 Comments

Thank you! Cancel reply