Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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THUS I RISE
How will history remember me?
Will history remember me at all?

As fliting blue tanager, blue jean?
Skittish dove pink footed on a wall?

Anguish of being flown from the nest?
Held in the arms of a loving guiding God?

Where a book-full of faith
Offered teaspoons of solace?

When one rosebud, tight, unopened,
Held the blooming of family - of love?

Now knowing love, must disappointment
Smile her taunts of desertion?

And smiles repay taunts for sake of faith
And again, again, those teaspoons of solace?

But looking forward to history's appeal,
I rise, to offer, a no-regrets-plea.

Just the savour of teaspoons of solace,
From a book-full of faith.
THUS I RISE © gillena cox 2017

Note

The blue grey Tanager in T&T is also called Blue Jean



Blog hopping today

Poets United
Midweek Motif ~ Rising Above
Sumana is the prompter today

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27 September 2016
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Location: St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

25 comments:

  1. ThotpurgeSeptember 27, 2017 at 10:57 AM

    Teaspoons of solace.. that's so evocative.

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    1. Gillena CoxSeptember 27, 2017 at 11:52 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Ajani

      much love...

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  2. Sherry Blue SkySeptember 27, 2017 at 12:15 PM

    How i love those closing lines, the teaspoons of solace, the book full of faith!

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  3. Khaya RonkainenSeptember 27, 2017 at 1:19 PM

    Yes! Love the conviction in the speaker's voice.

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  4. J.N.T.September 27, 2017 at 1:24 PM

    These lines did it for me:

    But looking forward to history's appeal,
    I rise, to offer, a no-regrets-plea.

    "No regrets" is always a mindset of the true riser! I like it! great write.

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  5. SusanSeptember 27, 2017 at 1:59 PM

    I love the question and the multiple ways to answer. How can we answer but in a poem? No, no regrets! And a teaspoon of solace? I'd like to buy a jar of that.

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    1. Gillena CoxSeptember 27, 2017 at 3:24 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Susan

      much love...

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  6. MarjaSeptember 27, 2017 at 4:46 PM

    Love the rosebud as the protective shell of the family and as we all do the best there are no regrets Beautiful
    love the teaspoons of solace

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  7. indybevSeptember 27, 2017 at 5:42 PM

    The phrase "teaspoons of solace" captured me as well. Beautiful write!

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  8. Carrie Van HornSeptember 27, 2017 at 6:14 PM

    Lovely and thought provoking poem Gillena!

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    1. Gillena CoxSeptember 28, 2017 at 1:32 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Carrie

      much love...

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  9. Sarah RussellSeptember 28, 2017 at 1:42 AM

    "...teaspoons of solace..." A lovely repeated phrase.

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  10. Sumana RoySeptember 28, 2017 at 1:50 AM

    There are so many wonderful images in the poem Gillena. This poem is a beauty. "I rise, to offer, a no-regrets-plea."

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    1. Gillena CoxSeptember 28, 2017 at 9:07 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Sumana

      much love...

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  11. Old EggSeptember 28, 2017 at 8:15 AM

    Life is so full of ups and downs, we accept that and live our lives enjoying them how we can and putting the sadness of the downs behind us as there is still so much to still fill our lives with. No regrets is the best way to think.

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    1. Gillena CoxSeptember 28, 2017 at 9:08 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Robin

      much love...

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  12. Magical Mystical TeacherSeptember 28, 2017 at 12:24 PM

    Your opening questions are the questions that almost every human being asks. Some find answers in faith, and some in faithlessness. Everyone chooses. It's easy to tell your choice.

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  13. rallentandaSeptember 28, 2017 at 1:40 PM

    It does not matter how or who remembers you when you are gone. It matters how you live now. You'll be dancing reggae with the angels and wont know about it anyway:)

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  14. MarySeptember 28, 2017 at 7:38 PM

    I think we all want to know how history will remember us. I think history will remember you, as you are one of a kind. Smiles.

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