
AGE
AGE
gives me an ace a day.
At night,
the curtain closes.
At day…opens:
drama unfolds.
Wisdom
is born.
Humility
bites me.
Simplicity
is my costume.
Color
my set.
Bravo!
to the AGE display!
Always,
uncut……never late.
all rights
Jeanne
Jeanne Poland's Poetry Blog
01 Feb 2020 Leave a comment
in AGE, Poetry Tags: AGE, Always uncut never late, an ace a day, Bravo! to the AGE display, color my set, day drama unfolds, Humility bites me, Jeanne, night curtain closes, simplicity is my costume, Wisdom is born

AGE
AGE
gives me an ace a day.
At night,
the curtain closes.
At day…opens:
drama unfolds.
Wisdom
is born.
Humility
bites me.
Simplicity
is my costume.
Color
my set.
Bravo!
to the AGE display!
Always,
uncut……never late.
all rights
Jeanne
28 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: earth, Jeanne, Master in Maine, my partaker, my path-maker, my seed grower, mylight, rain, sun, wind

sun, my light
wind, my path-maker
rain, my seed grower
earth, my partaker
by jeanne
11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in Generations, Poetry Tags: breathing through nose, energy inheritance, flowing hair, Generations, Jeanne, Lena, lips pursed for discernment, Margaret, mudra, relaxed eye lids, the current passed on

energy inheritance
mudra
flowing hair
relaxed eye lids
breathing through nose
lips pursed for discernment
the current passed on
Lena
Margaret
Jeanne
28 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in otherwise, Poetry Tags: birch wood, danced, glowed, golden years, in sync, Jane Kenyon, Jeanne, Julie Rohan Zoch, otherwise, silver candlesticks, sliding feet, sweet milk, thrived, twirled, two strong legs, waving hips

illustrator: Julie Rohan Zoch
Otherwise
I got out of bed
on two strong legs.
It might have been
otherwise. I ate
cereal, sweet
milk, ripe, flawless
peach. It might
have been otherwise.
I took the dog uphill
to the birch wood.
All morning I did
the work I love.
At noon I lay down
with my mate. It might
have been otherwise.
We ate dinner together
at a table with silver
candlesticks. It might
have been otherwise.
I slept in a bed
in a room with paintings
on the walls, and
planned another day
just like this day.
But one day, I know,
it will be otherwise.
Jane Kenyon
from Otherwise, 1996
I got out of surgery
with a healing incision.
There was no C-diff
or RSV.
I simply glowed!
Never caught pneumonia.
immune system thrived!
never had respiratory arrest.
We danced together
in the ballroom.
twirled around breathing easily
waving hips to the music
sliding our feet smoothly
in sync with each other
in our golden years.
by jeanne
(all rights)
02 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in Poetry, Pole Dance Tags: 1988, fanny pack, Jeanne, lycra suit, Milwaukee, Pole Dance, sweat band, whack

Jeanne in Milwaukee WI 1988
sweat band
fanny pack
lycra suit
whack!
14 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in Poetry, Thinkers and their Eggs Tags: a happy circumference, a question of values, Catholic school, circle, Don, fiercely competitive, first in line, inDesign, Jeanne, patiently, Portraits, shades, the essence of the good news, Thinkers and their Eggs, yellow yolk

eggs by Jeanne in inDesign (with her tech: Don, patiently lining up three eggs)
When I taught in Catholic elementary school,
I had to remind the children every day that they were a circle
and there was no way to be first on line.
They were fiercely competitive
when the essence of the Good News was to be a happy circumference,
a yellow yolk in the white.
Most of the children were black,
but all shades use the same colors to paint their portraits.
It’s a question of values, isn’t it?
26 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in My Son is like his mother..., Poetry Tags: Annika, Jeanne, makes counters serve-able!, My Son is like his mother..., Owen cleans kitchen, Owen&Oliver, stores food, Thanksgiving Talents, washes dishes

Jeanne, Owen, Oliver, Annika
.
Owen cleans kitchen,
washes dishes ,stores food, makes
counters serve-able!
(Thanksgiving Talents)
17 Oct 2017 1 Comment
in Poetry, The Rhythm Method Tags: 2 years 18 days apart, Arthur, Ginger, Jeanne, Mom had us all, the r-rhythm method, The Rhythm Method

Arthur, Ginger Jeanne
!
Mom had us all 2
years 18 days apart-the
r-rhythm method!