poem-still

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 12:22 pm
Tags: appreciation, gesture, gratitude, poem, poetry, warmth

You still surprise me,

After millions of words.

The enthusiasm of your greeting,

the warmth of your embrace,

still makes me thankful every day

you came into my life.

ramexa8ramexa Says:
August 23, 2015 at 12:26 pm
Those are the most important kind of people in our lives. Awesome poem!

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  August 23, 2015 at 2:20 pm
  I agree.
  
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Bibishan Says:
August 23, 2015 at 2:06 pm
Short, simple, sweet and strong.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  August 23, 2015 at 2:21 pm
  Thank you Bibishan.
  
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righteousbruin9 Says:
August 23, 2015 at 5:19 pm
Those words are all that the true friend ever needs.

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erbiage Says:
August 23, 2015 at 6:16 pm
Hi Shawn. Wonderful expression here! Gratitude is the key, I think. Can i ask you about your inspiration, and your process? Where do you get your ideas? How much rework do your poems get? Who are your favorite poets?

Thanks so much. Eric Erb Erbiage.wordpress.com

Sent from my iPad

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  August 23, 2015 at 11:39 pm
  Ideas come from all over: A random overheard comment. A TV show. Something I’ve read. Things I see. Sometimes I have no ideas, I just open the text box, and in the title space write the first thing that comes to mind, and then write something below in response to that, that I hope becomes a poem.
  Some poems get almost no re-working, they just are the moment they’re typed; others I’m constantly tinkering with, even years later. I’d say once something is published here a dozen or more subsequent edits are not uncommon.
  Favs are Mary Oliver, George Herbert, Emily Dickinson, Brian Betts, Laisha Rosnau, Gary Geddes.
  
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