Poetry Friday Roundup

 

I am delighted to be the hostess for today's Poetry Friday!  It happens to be my birthday.  Since it's a milestone day, I decided to write about my One Little Word from this past year and a half.  I kept it longer than most people do, so now it's time to let it go.  It's been the perfect word, though, so I'm having a bit of a hard time choosing another at this year's end.  My word was JOURNEY.  You can read about why I chose it here.  Here is a video that explains a little more:

 

 

I'm not sure what my new OLW will be for 2015, but before I choose one, I want to say goodbye to JOURNEY in a poem.

 

Journeys

 

If I could use a red marker

to draw portals into new worlds,

I would visit sparkly castles,

rocket through starry constellations,

soar over craggy mountaintops,

and plunge into the depths of the sea.

 

I would see kings and queens,

comets and ringed planets,

smoking volcanoes,

and prehistoric ocean creatures.

 

However, I am somewhat limited

to the journeys of this life.

Without the red marker,

I am marked by time,

by boundaries,

by age.

 

But are my journeys less exciting?

I think not.

 

I watch my students read, write, discover,

and change the world.

I watch my children start

journeys of their own,

and my parents journey

into new stages of life.

 

I spend time with my husband,

nurture friendships,

read, write, travel, work,

laugh, pray, walk, and dream.

I plan the next journey,

remember and make sense of the ones

that came before,

Live in the moment.

 

When one journey ends,

a new one begins,

and I am grateful for that.

 

                - Holly Mueller