A Crumb Can Be So Satisfying

Joy sneaks up on you, it

is appearing out of thin air

not making you aware of the delight

made especially to touch your soul

to set your heart dancing

be open and ready to devour

a sweet morsel of life, a

crumb can be so satisfying.

#VerseLove Day 12 A Poet Like Me

Today’s prompt was to write a Golden Shovel poem. To do this, you mine for a line from another poem and use this to create your own. The prompt also wanted you to use a poet who shared your birthday month.

My line comes from Mary Oliver’s poem, ” Don’t Hesitate”. The line I selected is ” Joy is not made to be a crumb.” If you have never read it, I suggest looking it up. It matches with the way things are going in our world right now.

I have never written a Golden Shovel poem before so this was a new form for me. I was very interested to see which poets were born in September. As I was scrolling through the list, one of my favorite poets showed up, Mary Oliver. I stopped right there! Not only do we share our birthday month, but also a love of nature and poetry. Reading her books, led me to try writing my own poems and trying out other poets. I was also excited to know that our birthdays are only 4 days apart- hers Sept. 10th and mine Sept. 14.