One of my favorite places to go is the library. And that’s where my wife and I found ourselves on a winter afternoon last saturday. Libraries are special to me because I grew up in a family that revered books and reading. Also, I grew up in a time when books were where you found knowledge and wisdom, and books were kept in libraries. Nowadays knowledge is thoroughly mixed with opinions and kept on the internet.
My wife and I were at the library last weekend for a poetry writing workshop. We went on a lark and it was a lot of fun. I am trying to get her to post her poems on Facebook at least.
As a prelude to up coming National Poetry month, here’s some doggerel from the work shop:
A Letter To Wisdom
Dear Wisdom,
I’m sorry I haven’t been in touch
as often as I wanted to
the business of life
makes me forget to try
to connect with you.
As always, I’m not sure
You will get this
or that you will respond,
or I will understand if you do.
copyright 2018 Christopher Donahue
This is so true, thank you for the reminder to reconnect with our inner wisdom, and respond.
Thank you!