This was inspired by these words said in a email
"If you ever come to Canada, I would certainly expect you at my table for at least an entire 24 hours."


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One Twenty Four
15 August 2006

One day, one, twenty four
across a table, words and thoughts
Eyes to view, words to speak
hands to hold, if that was to be

Just asking God, about that day
and if that was for Him to grant in prayer
One day, of hours, twenty four
captured under the shadow of Ontario
A Canaan to capture, even if not love

An event of greeting, two hearts
off from a distance, close in meeting
The wonder of all time
this stuff money cannot endure
No more pain, and less sorrow to encounter

One day, in hours of twenty four
a knock, a charm, that ship to arrive
They call it Oshawa, or even Hope
For somewhere in Canada, was that day
a future to seek, one in Twenty Four


Oshawa is in Ontario, Canada,
and Hope is a settlement of British Columbia, Canada.


© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)

a poet who cares