After Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Gods are like clouds, rain, rainbows; you can see &feel but can’t touch
God chatting in the forest, among the trees,
God is justice, not books
Light shines, out in the darkness
The subconscious energy guides your body
The void within you drives you to express.
You have given life to me, you have given joy to me
You gave what was behind me
You will give what’s ahead of me
Her ways are many, her ways are mysterious
Her interpretations are many, her meaning is one
She’s an editor, changes my manuscript
Holding your voice deep within
Filling with feelings of pleasure to treasure
There’s a certain slant of light, there’s a certain slant of sight
Thanks to the morn, thanks to the noon
Thanks to the flower, thanks to the valley
This blessed life, this blessed grace
To act, to find, to feel, to live
Poems are written by bores like me
But only God’s grace showers freely
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Pulkita Anand is an avid reader of poetry. The author of two children’s e-books, her most recent book is we were not born to be erased: an eco-poetry collection. She has also published in New Verse News, Green Verse: An Anthology of Poems for our Planet (Saraband), Comparative Women, Origami Press, Asiatic, Inanna, Bronze Bird Books, SAGE Magazine, The Sunlight Press, and elsewhere.
Photo by Tom Barrett on Unsplash.
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