how slow, how fast
months pass
hardly time for more
than dalliances
when at each stop
by chance
we crown each
queen-in-transience
how fast
extroverted year enfeebles
with echos of last dance
embolden
as tomorrows yeses,
she wheedles
for next month’s crowning
to hearten
44 words.
© 2021 selmamartin.com
Written for dVerse where De Jackson (Whimsygizmo) is hosting Quadrille # 141. Thank
you so much. The prompt word is CROWN.
Photo: Author’s album
Thanks for reading and commenting. I wish you a stress-free December, full of gratitude and giving, and merriment.
… to you, who celebrate Christmas in December,
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
And if Christmas is not your cup of tea,
I wish you Happy/Super/Joyous December Celebrations
for
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice,
and
the new secular HumanLight.
And
miracles too.
- Homage to Dante: What Ails Thee, Trifler? - December 13, 2024
- Do The Southerlies Come For The Wicked Too? - December 12, 2024
- Dectina Refrain: Tinged Living Lessons - December 11, 2024
44 delightful words in this exquisite poem. Getting ready for her crowning next month- wow! You won me with that line… Just kidding, you won me looong back. 😉
Happy Holiday season to you too and wishing you MIRACLES 💖
Bless your heart, Sam. Thanks for being my best encourager.
Respect and Gratitude.
Delightful piece, Selma. Happy holiday season to you.💕❤️💕
Thanks my sweet. Happy Holidays to you. xoxo
What a lovely poem Selma. Enjoyed it a lot. Gave it a second read 😊👍🏻
Seconds. What music to my ears. Glad you enjoyed it. Stay sweet. Enjoy the month. xo
A year as “queen-in-transience” is a beautiful image in this all-too brief poem. Hope you have a wondrous, blessed Christmas, Selma. Joy to the world! 🤗🎄
So glad you read, Dora. 44 is quite the challenge. 😃 ✍🏻
Joy to the World! May the season be stress free and blessed with joy and family. 🎄 👼 🤗 💕
So very delightful to read Selma, excited to read all the seasonal poems you have up your sleeves 😁💖
It’s a glorious season for poetry. You will see more.
Glad Christmas comes at this time of the year. Yay!
“I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a child, and nothing in the world could cause me harm.”
– Paulo Coelho
Thanks for reading this short one. 👏
Yes truely greatful and glad Christmas comes at this time of the year 😊
What a line Selma and how true 🌸
Have a lovely day ahead Selma ❤️❣️
♥️ 🎄 😇 👏
I love it, Selma: enchanting words! 👑
Thanks so much. 😘
And you crowned me? How sweet 🤣 Queen for a day — me! Thanks. 👏
Enjoy it 😍
How beautiful, Selma. Your word choices here are simply gorgeous!
Aww. Precious of you to say so. Thanks for the prompt. I appreciate you. 👏
This has the rhythm of a dance. Ingrid is right, enchanting. (K)
You are too nice. I appreciate the encouragement. So pleased you felt that rhythm. Thanks for reading. 👑 💃🏼 🎶 👏
Lovely poem and gorgeous image, Selma. I like that you pluralised yes in the line “as tomorrow’s yeses” 🙂
Yes. All the yeses that we’ll utter in all our future tomorrows. So glad you zoomed on that, dear Sunra. Be well. May there be merriment in your steps this month. 😁
Thank you, lovely Selma. Wishing you much merriment too 🙂
That’s gorgeous, I love how it enfolds. 🙂
Thanks dearly. xoxo 🍁
happiness is seen. such a delightful poem. Love it. Happy Holidays 🥰🤗
Glad you appreciated it, Jane. Blessings.
My pleasure dear Selma. Blessings for you too 💖
An intriguing, delightful dance of a poem. It looks like the leaves on the tree want to dance, too.
Wanted to show you a pic of an adolescent Ginko tree I photographed but don’t know how to do that.
So I’ll direct you to one such photo of a friend of my son’s splashing in an ocean of Ginko leaves. In Tokyo. For the photo:
https://selmamartin.com/natures-cycle-of-restoration-poetry/
I think you’ll like it. 💕
Oh, I love it! Thank you! A couple of weeks ago, the ginkos by the stone church were dropping leaves like this, but I was “too busy” to stop and get a photo. Maybe next year.
So glad you liked it. I kinda thought you would. 😊 🌳 Let’s spread more merriment.🎄