Poets United

I happened to visit Poets United and discovered two wonderful ladies, who have given hours of their time to this creative poetic endeavor are passing their batons on.  I can't thank Mary and Sherry enough for their commitment to poetry and all of the inspiration their both have given so, many people, including myself.

I found Sherry and she dared me to write a poem! It changed my life, it gave me a sacred, soulful way to express some difficult things in my life.  Poetry gave me a way to express things I sometime didn't know how to process. Sometimes, people who aren't in our reality based lives know us better than those we see often.  Poetry creates an unique connection-since my words might mean one thing to me,  but they may paint different memories in someone else's mind.  I have always believed if you read poetry and it doesn't resonate with you, it isn't the right poem.  Keep on searching for the poem that speaks to you.

 

Time's Hands

Time's hands spin carousel dreams  

Wilderness threads paper white's golden eye 

Memories like music etch one's inner sky  

Silver linings glitter wide glowing streams 

Swallowtail kite danced like sunbeams

Inky blue curtain descends as day says good-bye

Time's hands spin carousel dreams

Wilderness threads paper white's golden eye

Moonlight mirrors midnight's schemes

Eclipsed rosette laced with sailor's red dye

Earth's fragile clouds softly begin to cry

Aeon stitches dandelion fluff seams

Time's hands spin carousel dreams

~Ella Wilson

An attempt at a Rondel.

Thank you, Mary and Sherry for all the prompts, inspiration, your kindness, and love of poetry!!