Poem for New Year

The year is new

Poised

And expectant:

 

Like a spring coiled and ready to be sprung

Or a tangled ball of wool, come undone

Like a gleaming highway slick for smooth travel

Or a dusty footpath strewn with rough gravel

 

Poised

And expectant

The year is new:

 

Like a newborn lamb unsteady on its legs

Or a stale pot of coffee brewed from the dregs

Like stepping forward, each step like the last

Or leaping the nest, escaping the past

 

Poised

The year is new

And expectant:

 

Like a see-sawing scale, about to tip

Or a teetering cliff, afraid to slip

Like a snail slid across a line in the sand

Or the long thin finger of destiny’s hand

 

The year is new

Poised

And expectant

 

 

Creative Commons 2010

 

Download

2 Poem for New Year (Pdf print version)

More Poetry

Poems by title | Poems by theme | Poems by date

 

INFORMATION | Home| Biography | Books | Chapters | Reports | Papers | Articles | Speaking | Contact | INFORMATION
INSPIRATON | Poetry | Art | Prose | Stories | Quotes | Weblog | Photography | Guestbook | Home | INSPIRATION