During National Poetry Month, I'm celebrating by sharing poems from community members and newsletter subscribers!
If you'd like to participate, send me 1-3 poems along with a brief third-person bio and a recent photo if desired.
To kick off the project, I'm sharing this lovely and poignant poem, "Agapanthus," written by Caroline Lindley of Cupertino, California:
Agapanthus
when the agapanthus first blooms blue
it makes me think of her
and that funny joke
she used to tell about the gardener
who put up a sign that read
beware of the agapanthus
and it kept people off the grass
and thinking of her made me sad,
blue actually
so i thought i might write a poem
about why i was sad
thinking of her
but it keep escaping,
it blew away
but then I remembered
her knitting
a sweater for me
never making a mistake
no dropped stitches
it was blue
and when she was done
and looked at me —
and remembering him
tears came into her eyes
that everyone said
when they saw me
were blue like his
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About the poet:
Caroline Lindley is a poetry enthusiast who is fortunate to live in Cupertino, California, where there is a vigorous poetry community. She has found inspiring poetry and good friends through its words. She always hopes the best for her poems and yours, too. You can read a selection of Caroline's poems in Celebrate Creativity: A Cupertino Community Anthology.
Love this - beautiful & poignant & tender.