Do You Have Any Poetry? Poem by Denis Martindale

Do you have any poetry?
Any special writings?
Some deep insights that we could see,
To bring what wisdom brings?
Some soft enchantments from afar,
Some scenery most blessed?
Or shared thoughts about some film star,
Perhaps best of the best?
Or tributes to the heroes lost
Who sacrificed their all?
For that was what each war has cost
For those that stand to fall!

Or did you write some funny theme
To melt our cares away,
Or tell us that you had a dream
That nothing must delay,
Or show us how to make new friends,
Explaining each has worth,
Or prophesy of world events,
Before their time on Earth!
Or did you share a precious prayer
That none could write before,
Or tell a tale beyond compare
That none should then ignore?

Or could it be that no words come?
And you sat all alone?
No brand new thoughts. So you stay glum.
So nothing sure is known.
The poet's lot is all he's got,
Just one day at a time,
Perhaps to write lines on-the-spot,
Perhaps to make these rhyme.
So share with us today's delight,
One piece of poetry!
If not, take time and start to write.
We're waiting patiently!


Denis Martindale. August 2020.