To the East….
Paul Scribbles over at Poetics — dversepoets.com. What does ‘grace’ mean to you? I can think of numerous things, but chose this poem below.
Lady Nyo
A DISH OF SKYLARKS
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A dish of skylarks
Fell from the blue
into my lap,
And I, ravenous with
A multitude of hungers-
Ate them.
Between burps
one did escape,
shook himself,
Bowed,
And offered a feather.
I thought it gracious
Considering what I had done
To his neighbors.
—
The grace of life
Elegant, sublime, stirring
Come into my soul.
–
Jane Kohut-Bartels
Copyrighted, 2018
Lady Nyo's Weblog 
January 3, 2018 at 8:19 pm
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #7: Lady Nyo’s latest poetic #haibun for #dversepoets!
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January 3, 2018 at 8:24 pm
What lovely poem Jane. It sounds almost Dickinson-ian in its tone. Full of grace.
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January 3, 2018 at 8:52 pm
Thank you, Toni. I wasn’t so sure about the grace part. lol. haven’t felt it much…. I’ll be over later. xox
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January 3, 2018 at 8:55 pm
That’s a very nice tale and includes forgiveness at least from the skylark’s perspective. The one eating may now have a problem with self-forgiveness.
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January 3, 2018 at 10:21 pm
Hopefully so!~ LOL! Thanks. Frank. Grace is something you have to study…at least for me.
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January 4, 2018 at 11:29 am
Love this. Reads like a myth.
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January 4, 2018 at 1:18 pm
The contrast between the single feather and that carnivore theme of eating skylarks is splendid… grace need darkness to be seen
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January 4, 2018 at 2:57 pm
Grace found in odd places.
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January 4, 2018 at 3:12 pm
Yep, Exactly! Thanks for reading!
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January 4, 2018 at 3:18 pm
Thanks, Paul. I’ll be over later. Having problems with wind, cold and electricity!
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January 4, 2018 at 3:20 pm
Yep, I think you are right, Bjorn. Grace needs darkness to be seen. Never thought about it like that an I have struggled with the issue of ‘grace’ because I don’t follow religion. But grace is so much broader than that. Thanks, Bjorn. Having intermittent problems with power because of the cold and wind. Be over later.
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