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| Oldie But Goodie - Leslie Wilson |
Ninety-Nine
On her 99th birthday
She asked me, “How ya doin’?”
“Really,” I said,
“If anyone but you asked me that,
“I’d have said, ‘Gettin’ old, and feelin’ it.”
We laughed.
By phone, we bridged the continent
and the 50 years past.
We reminisced a bit,
But more than that –
More than the weather –
Or the rust and brokenness of age…
We renewed our shared sentiment
For peace in a world at war
For clean air, justice and good government.
On her 99th birthday
When we rang off our phone
We gave thanks.
She’s an oldie,
But God, is she a goodie.
Roger Straw
© 2022
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The Benicia First Tuesday Poets’ Group and members of Benicia Literary Arts have written ekphrastic poems about paintings from our show, Watercolor - A Happy Medium.
Ekphrastic poems are vivid verbal descriptions of a work of art. Fifteen different poets each came to the aRt Cottage to pick one pieces from each of the 15 artists in the show.
Ekphrastic poems are vivid verbal descriptions of a work of art. Fifteen different poets each came to the aRt Cottage to pick one pieces from each of the 15 artists in the show.