I used to be married to this person I know
I must say that it was such a long time ago.
Perhaps had been better if a stranger were he
Unless one of us moves seems I’ll never be free
We live in this small town that’s only one mile square
If I shop in a store you can bet he’ll be there.
It has been forty long years since we shared a home
Much nicer this way as we are each on our own.
And now we are friends and can casually chat
About family and such, about this and that.
It’s been a long road the healing did not come quick
Looks like fate had a laugh and has played us a trick.
So here we are approaching the end of the trail
With our egos intact and a marriage that failed !
Claire V. Bogdanos 
DATELINE: Hoboken, NJ, USA ” THE FORERUNNER ” (2013)
Tags: Blog, Commentary, Opinions, Poet, Poetry, Writing
And who is that? One George Herbert, 1593 – 1633, another English clergyman, who wrote “The Temple”, a seemingly endless collection of homilies in rhyme! However, no subject remains unnoticed. One needs to ” tip-toe ” gently through the many pages of Olde English sextets, but trust me, that could be an incredible task. My personal favorites appear about halfway, beginning with :
Scorn no mans love, though of a mean degree;
( Love is a present for a mightie king )
Much lesse make any one thine enemie.
As gunnes destroy, so may a little sling.
The cunning workman never doth refuse
The meanest tool, that he may chance to use.
A lifetime of wisdom in six short sentences with not a word to spare. Well worth the effort ! Consider a foray into the unknown, do you dare?
Sincerely,
Claire B.
Share this: