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Open Poetry #15

Worthy of Good Report

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-08-04 01:17 AM

Worthy of Good Report
Virginia Salter
All that is . . .worthy of good report, think on these things.

Might there be beauty
in the smile of a lipless boy
or the leg-hug of an armless girl?
greater vision from the heart
of one who is sightless?

When weeds spread
across the land as dandelion fluff,
might there be joy
when one fluffy-headed stem
clutched in the hands
of a loving son intent upon adorning
his most precious loved one
with one of nature’s sparklers?
What of the smile upon his mother’s lips
and the tear of delight in her eye.

Where is beauty,
perhaps the better question,
where is beauty perceived?

large sandy beaches of southern California,
beautiful, warm
yet the rocky Oregon coastline
of  autumn brings such joy
under the spray from salty waters

are not all these things
worthy of good report

may I always see
with a clear vision
the beauty of this world
not just dandelion seeds making weeds
out of a child's gift

© August 22.  2000

Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

1 posted 2001-08-04 01:31 AM

Bravo!!!!
To look with better eyes
Is a GREAT thing indeed

Connie

SmittenKitten
Senior Member

since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

2 posted 2001-08-04 01:39 AM

What an inspiring poem...your outlook on life is definitely something you should be sharing and you do it so beautifully! Great write!
~Krista

"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you.
And all you can do is to go where they can find you."
~Winnie the Pooh

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