to the Lost Boys

I am no Wendy;
but my voice brings you back to me.
And you sit around my feet,
anxious for a story
or a kiss.

Listening to my words
spinning adventures,
like so much golden thread;
spellbound by my gentle whisper.

You are welcome to stay,
through spring rain
and autumn crisping,
though you still search
for someone with soft hands
and bountiful breast.

And when my gracious gifts spill over
from my full-grown lap,
you scoop them up with wondrous hands
and all the hunger
of a Lost Boy.
 

Author's Note

you asked Why the title was To the Lost Boys . . . and the last line only refers to one . . . there's always another, they show up here and there, sometimes one at a time, sometimes in twos and threes, and they tend to sit around a while, listening to my words, gathering hope enough to light out again

Reviews

[Tony]

Okay! your muse has swam ashore and you are ready to kick a*s. See? it is all in the attitude. Those lost boys should bow down and kiss them toes of yours. It doesn't take, magic fairy dust, but rather...your wholesome presense and whispered voice, to appreciate all that you are. This piece should be encouraging to all the lost boys. Thank you

Tony

[caesarkreshen]

I think this is really good. A lot in there. Or, rather, the lot that is appeals to me.

The only possible part that I could see changing would be the term "full grown lap."

[Author Anonymous]

Such an inspiration, I absolutely love your style. I can only hope to be as good as you someday.

[Emily B]

thank you?

i can only hope to be as good as me some day, my Muse comes and goes :)

[Ken Simm.]

Ah the lost boys will find a true home wherever you are.

[Clockwork]

I like how you draw upon the idea of Peter Pan and Neverland with your illusions. At the same time, you refresh that classic story with poetry that is uniquely yours. Organic lines in the third stanza capture the heart of the season really portray the speaker as a steadfast woman. I really love the first three lines of the fourth stanza.

[Emily B]

thank you :)

[Prolific In Verse]

Clearly the pop culture references are lost in me on this one. Sorry.

Though what do you think of the poet Sara Teasdale?

This piece is a feel-good piece though clearly, with effective lyricism and refrains, bringing a brimming easy release of poetic potentiality!

Out of your archives eh, 2009? What's up with 2013?

[Emily B]

I like Sara Teasdale and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Though Emily Dickinson is the queen of my poetic world. 2013 is still young, there will be words.

[Kenneth The Poet]

This is a beautiful write, a write about the universality that is motherhood. The mothers pass on the love, the kindness, the nurturing I see that here.

[Robin]

I'm thinking of San Diego and the beach , and listening . lovely where words can take you ..

[Emily B]

is sn diego warm right now?

[Robin]

probably in the 60's

[Emily B]

then that's where I'd like to be :)

[Blank page]

I love it, wonderful

[MOON]

This is simply a beautiful write penned I would imagine by a true giver.

[Leslie Philibert]

This poem deserves all the good reviews it has got - what I think is really impressive is the way it transports images with direct, strong language, it doesn`t get lost in metaphors but with astounding visuality brings its message across, great poem.