Today I Met a True Poet

This was inspired by a dear friend

Today I met a true poet

Sending shivers down my spine

Not some hero of lore

No Keats, Frost or Dickens

No pantomime

Simply My friend, hand inked

Upon her husband’s hospital bill

tattered Corner torn

Perfection sung prose

A Love note scrawled

her grocery list backing

Words touched Bare

by grace

By love

and the art of goodbye

Author's Note

I thought perhaps I should try and rewrite it in the actual form of an Elegy. What do you think?

Reviews

[Emily B]

the true poet doesn't have to pose or posture, the grace and truth of the living word shines

[DCT ponderings]

Yes it does indeed. Thanks Emily.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. This was awesome and the ending was even better...Thank you for sharing...:)

[DCT ponderings]

This is my favorite poem I have ever written and it was the easiest. After a friend shared a love letter she wrote for her husband with me over lunch this just flowed out. It is utter expression and inner awe, as free flowing as I have been in quite sometime, like being possessed by the divine.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[Traci]

Rendered speechless, DCT

This is so eloquently written, impressively portraying profound honesty and raw emotion. It is absolutely beautiful as is, I wouldn't change a thing.

"by grace
by love
and the art of goodbye"

I believe when we connect personally with the emotions the best poetry forms. It comes from the heart and soul, spilling onto pages so freely.

You received a gift and in turn you have given your friend something to hold on to always...your words.

Another one for my favorites!

[DCT ponderings]

This one is one of my favorites. I had lunch with a friend that shared something so personal with me I was moved beyond measure by her love. I went back to work and this just flowed out. Honestly it felt like being touched by something divine, by something so much larger than myself.

[Traci]

This is one of those poems that will stay with me for a very long time. Touched by divine love, such a treasured gift.

[DCT ponderings]

Yes it is. A once in a lifetime moment to be treasured indeed.

[Samuel Jack]

The truest poets are the ones who exist in your world, the classics are great, but I can tell you that England is nothing like it was when Dickins was about

[DCT ponderings]

True indeed. Our world have truly changed.

[Keith]

That is just beautiful. Friend request coming, love your work.

[DCT ponderings]

Thank you Keith

[Sirius King]

very sincere write

love it!

[quinfinn]

this is actually the very best of natural poetry. i am glad you have a mind for this. outstanding write!

[DCT ponderings]

If only I felt I could take credit. This was a divine writer's moment. I had lunch with a friend who shared with beautiful grace her heart. It simply poured out into paper through my pen. I feel honored to be able to reflect such beauty. That was her gift to me that day.

[quinfinn]

it is a gift, she might think about writing as well....thank you for sharing

[Emily Feret]

Not some hero of lore

No Keats, Frost or Dickens

No pantomime

I love this. Beautiful. It just makes your heart swell

[DCT ponderings]

Swell it did indeed.

[Tree]

Very cool piece, poignant and as far as I can process the images in my head it was visually affecting. As for the author's notes, this stands on its own, though by your own admission it doesn't qualify (in it's current form) as a traditional Elegy. So maybe Melissa has a point in regard to the name change. I like the first verse, as the name of the poem. Today I met a true poet. It's perfectly acceptable to this, that is, use the first verse as the title of the piece. Nice work.


Diego

[DCT ponderings]

Thanks Diego. I have been thinking Melissa's suggestion to change the title as a solution. I had thought about calling it Senechal in honor of the woman who inspired it but using the first line sounds like a good plan.

[Tree]

I like both. I read what you wrote in your other reply about not wanting to give away the poem and refraining from using words of the poem in the title, and in general that's a good rule. But here if you used the a portion of the first verse as your title it doesn't give anything away, plus, it just sounds good.

best regards,

Diego

[DCT ponderings]

Thanks!