General Poetry posted June 16, 2022

RodG

I taught English for 40 years on the high school and college level. Since retiring, I have written a poetry collection titled "Reflections of a Dog Walker," and five novels, all unpublished. I mostly post poems and short stories.
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An ekphrastic acrostic sonnet

Springtime Walk

by RodG

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She wanders through the flowered vale
Perusing poppies growing wild.
Red blossoms mixed with pink prevail
In clumps magnetic to a child.
Not pausing long, she ambles through
Grass tall enough to brush her hips.
Then at hill's crest she sighs at view--
Isles far beyond two sailing ships.
Meand'ring down the gentle slope,
Elaine exults in all she's seen.

Whence came the grief that made her mope?
A pleasant jaunt has changed her mien.
Life can be cruel, cause agony.
Know, too, it awes surprisingly.

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