Showing posts with label Letter To Heaven-poem for Richard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Letter To Heaven-poem for Richard. Show all posts

Friday, May 30, 2025

Letter To Heaven

Dreams seem to flow in and out of my mind lately. They sweep across each night, but I rarely remember a complete dream. I try to keep parts of each dream lodged inside my memory, but I usually fall asleep, and then, the dream vanishes.  

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At the beginning of May, the Poetry Sisters, Liz Garton ScanlonTanita at {fiction, instead of lies}Laura Purdie Salas, Tricia at The Miss Rumphius EffectSara at  Read Write Believeand Mary Lee Hahn, invited writers to join their challenge. They have been in conversation with Elizabeth Bishop's "Letter to N.Y.", using the golden shovel format created by poet Terrance Hayes. As one of the #PoetryPals, I have constructed a draft of a poem entitled Letter To Heaven with bits and pieces of night dreams and two strike lines from Bishop's mentor text: 1. where everything seems to happen in waves, and  2. nevertheless, I'd like to know.

On this spring-scented May day, where
thoughts float through the clouds, everything
reminds me of our last goodbye. It seems
unreal without you here to
hold my hand and handle finances. What will happen
to your paperwork, stacked up in
piles that push forward as rapidly, ascending waves?
Life seems difficult now, nevertheless,
I must continue to move forward. I'd
be content wishing upon a star like
a child learning how to
enjoy life. For now, I need help being in the know.
©CVarsalona, 2025

It is time now for me to add my #PoetryPals themed poem to the Poetry Friday Roundup. The lovely poet/author Karen Edmisten is our host this week. Thank you, Karen, for supporting me through this difficult chapter of my life. I shall meet you at your blog site. For those interested in the Poetry Friday weekly roundup, please visit Karen's blog here. 19 writers besides Karen are sharing their work.