HOW LUCKY CAN ONE GAL BE?

Today I’m feeling lucky. Not in the rat packy: run to Vegas and blow my savings kind of way, more like: the winds of good fortune are blowing in my direction. I have faith in a kind and forgiving God, hope, joy, peace, a supportive, loving family and circle of friends, safety, good health (knock on wood) and met needs, beauty around me every day, I am passionate about my work and I enjoy the companionship of a rich and diverse writing community. And my first book is about to release into the world and another is on its way next year. Lucky indeed. It hasn’t always been this way, and I know it won’t always be this way. Life, like our stories, gets messy, it can be unpredictable, and is often unpleasant. We suffer. But in this very moment in time, for me, life is going well and I am grateful.

In reverence to this moment, I’m attempting a poetic form inspired by Adelaide Crapsey’s cinquain stanza pattern of five lines with each line having a set number of syllables: two, four, six, eight, and two. My form is based on a septet stanza. Each of the seven lines has a set number of syllables: one, three, five, seven, five, three, one; 25 total syllables. I don’t know if this form has been attempted before. If it has, I’m not aware of it, so if you know of it please let me know, too. It might have a bit of a haiku feel, along with an old Irish blessing, and, because I centered it, the shape of a diamante poem. It’s what arrived on this auspicious day, and I felt like sharing. I hope you enjoy.

Gratefully yours,

Tamera

Blessing Septet Number One

Blessed:

Me. This day.

Winds of good fortune

Warm my skin. A calm embrace

From above. I am  

Gratefully

Yours

© 2013 Tamera Will Wissinger

Poetry Friday is being celebrated at Sheri Doyle’s Blog  

Verseday yesterday was celebrated at Read in a Single Sitting 

02.22.2013

Comments

[Jamie A. Swenson]

lovely. thank you for sharing.

[Matt Forrest]

Congratulations on the book! Glad to know things are going well...we can all relate tolife's ups & downs!

Thanks, Matt! Yes, maybe I used a bit of poetic license in my view of things. It isn't all rosy all the time, but I'm trying to be happy moment by moment.

[Tabatha]

Gratitude is one of my favorite emotions! Glad good fortune is blowing your way :-)

Hi Tabatha, Thanks for checking in and for your good wishes. I like gratitude, too. I think it's easy to overlook and I'm trying hard not to.

[Bridget Magee]

Yay, Tamera! Your good fortune could not have happened with out all your hard work and tremendous talent. Glad good things are happening to a good person. Enjoy your "warm skin" and "calm embrace", my friend. =)

Hi Bridget, Thank you for your kind words and your good wishes. I appreciate you.

[Sheri Doyle]

Delightful poem, Tamera. I especially enjoyed "Wings in good fortune/ Warm my skin..."
Congratulations on your soon-to-be released book! : )

Thank you for stopping by, Sheri, and for your god wishes!