Wednesday, December 6, 2023

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 This Poem is for You

 

This poem is for who?

I don’t know.

I’ll tap away here on the keys

and see what comes out.

 

It could be for all the people

who have loved me and I’ve loved.

My parents, sisters, relatives,

friends, (near and far), God

 

It could be for all the people

I share my poetry with.

Poeming together,

we’re a family in a way.

 

It could be for all the pets I’ve had,

though they’d never read a poem:

Lady, Smokey, Snickers, Jordy, Duppy,

Peanuts, Newton, Amber, Sam, Fluffy.

 

This poem could be for the places I’ve visited

all fifty states, Scotland, Ireland, France,

England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada,

Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico, Peru, Kenya

 

Maybe this poem’s just for me.

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