Inspiration for this week came from a song by Bob Dylan called 'Shelter from the Storm' which includes a repeated line similar to the title - 'Come in she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm'. The line is repeated at the end of each verse and creates a powerful structure. Repetition can be a useful device in poetry so the task was to use a repeating line. Thanks Bob!
This needs to be held
Not quickly spent...
The warmth as I enter
My new home
The shaft of sunlight
Widening
As the sun glides around
The "other building"
The green, tenderly painted
Cast-iron ends of my
grandmother's seat
Standing guard
Offering rest
My mother's
Carefully chosen birdbath
Standing to the south
Reflecting sky
And shells
thoughtfully placed
All this
Needs to be held...
not quickly
spent.
- Pauline
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