Poetry

Did you know the Library has a writing group?  I wasn't aware that several of the participants write poetry!  We have a lot of poetry books here at the Library for you to check out.  One that comes to mind is Rupi Kaur's book Milk and Honey.  From the publisher:

Milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

One of the writers from our group, Jesse Holt, has shared one of his poems that I thought I would share with you.  SG

Everywhere

it is you alone; there is none else

who quickly turns the key

unlocking the door that houses my pulse

revealing the severity

desperately, i must be with you

you are everywhere I want to be

thoughts of you buy all my time

hoisting me up like a pulley

holding me forever between reason and rhyme

for which there is no remedy

thoughtfully, i must be with you

you are everywhere I want to be

it is curious why i banter, true

and as comical as it may be

rather than wage any war with you

i'd gladly sign any treaty

peacefully, i must be with you

you are everywhere i want to be

i charge your love to give explanation

of its utter complexity

while confusion may be one creation

yours still releases simplicity

tenderly, i must be with you

you are everywhere i want to be

a challenge may make us bend and bow

but we pray the holy creed

and that is what makes us flood and flow

our trust to let Providence lead

prayerfully, i must be with you

you are everywhere i want to be

and when this life of breath and mud

is but a vapor of mortality;

let it be said i found a current of love

that washed and guided me

always i will be with you

you are everywhere i want to be.

                      Jesse Holt