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 |  Blogging about all things poetry - starting with 30 days and 30 poems |
| March 7, 2020 I bought a collection of poems from a woman selling her poetry book at the Eden Mills Writer's Festival several years ago. The poet is Mary M. Cushnie - Mansour and her collection is called Picking Up the Pieces. I really like this whole collection. Her dedication is: Dedicated to all my sisters I am woman, hear me roar I am woman, watch me soar. Of all the poems my favourite is the last one in her collection. It is called As A Child. I can relate to all the poems, but this one resonates with me the most. I was that child who escaped into an imaginary world to avoid the nastiness of those around me; to avoid the adult world I did not understand; the adult world that frightened me. My imagination was my friend and to this day I turn to all the magic within that world to craft stories and poems that give me strength. As A Child As a child I'd escape to my secret place To my never world Where no one else could venture Without permission -- My permission It was the world where Fairies flitted through the branches Of mystical forests Where unicorns waved their horns Spreading their magic Throughout the land Where bunnies spoke and Had huge family reunions Where dogs and cats Romped together happily in the fields Where cowboys and Indians Parlayed peacefully around campfires Where I rode upon a mighty black stallion Across desert sands The wind whipping him mane And my long hair into a magic carpet That would sail me to other worlds Other than my own Worlds that would immerse me in a Pool of love Surround me with the arms of Courage and strength Enabling me to become The Warrior Queen Who would justly rule the world Eliminating all the Evil and wrongdoings Implementing Peace and goodwill to all mankind As a child I'd escape to my secret place The place Where I, the adult Can now go Yes It was my secret place Held within the ink of my pen Waiting To one day Be spilled upon my pages Waiting to record All the magic That did And didn't Happen. Her book can be purchased on her website: writerontherun.ca    |
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