Introduction
Hello, my name is Adriadne Oliver. Is my hat straight? Sorry, I do worry about these things. Oh, you don’t remember me? I am Agatha Christie’s alter ego. Dame Christie was author of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot mysteries. I am not as prim and proper as Miss Marple but I love writing mysteries. They asked me to introduce the Poet for April 2008. I have a problem with this – why me?? Just because it is April and April begins with April Fool’s Day!! Well, here goes.
I invite you to come and read poems by this unfortunate soul. Perhaps there is a glimmer of hope somewhere in these adventurous writings but I will leave that to your opinion. To say I take pleasure would be a stretch too far, so I will just say – from one klutz to another, here she is, April 2008 Poet for the month presenting some of her works.
Sara Gardner Blow - 1986 (my 1st visit to Kansas!)
Hello, welcome to Poet for April 2008. Most of you are pretty familiar with my history and bio by now, if not I welcome you to come and check it out:
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If we are not friends, please invite!!
This month I will be bringing some of my poems from my 49 years as a native Alabaman and the past l7 spent in Kansas. Without my poetry I would never have made it this far in life. This month I start out with one I wrote recently. The ones to be featured are some not presented in Adlandpro nor exposed much publicly. I hope you enjoy them and will join with me in a Celebration of Life – April is my birth month as well as many of my friends. Let’s all have a big Birthday Party for all those with April birthdays!!
Feel free to join the Celebration and add your own magic as the month unfolds. Thank you for visiting and all your support of this forum.
Sara
April is a favorite time of year
When April showers bring May flowers
And from the soil lovely blooms appear;
The smell of jonquils and wisteria
Bring about a state of hysteria.
Hyacinths, Easter Lilies, Jessamine
Fill the air with fragrance sublime
In the forest white begins to glow
It’s time for Dogwoods to make their show.
As winter gloom begins to digress.
Nature is bursting with grace
As April takes her place.
The faeries begin celebrating
All the wonders of early Spring.
Hearts are lifted in jubilation
As our souls are filled with admiration.
Sara Gardner Blow ©3/2/2008
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EARLY MORNING VISITOR
Early this morning with clouds in the sky,
A sprinkle of rain and lightning in the air,
I stepped outside just long enough to pick
a bloom from the Four O'clock and catch
a sniff of its delicate fragrance.
When, suddenly a movement caught my eye.
There upon the power line, perched up high
sat a very large bird. I stood still and awestruck,
holding my breath lest he should fly.
He stretched his thick neck up and down,
and as his large head moved, he made a rattling sound.
I could see his large beak moving with each clatter.
His topnotch feathers were bending in the wind
and in the dim light, I could see a wide white band.
I knew here in the prairie, it could only be one thing.
But the clucking was much like the sound of a toucan.
He sat with short legs and turned to look at me.
And I watched in wonderment and glad I got to see,
this early morning visitor dressed in blue.
To this Belted Kingfisher clucking loud to me,
"Thank you for the visit and good morning to you!"
As if in acknowledgement, he spread his wings to fly
off toward the trees in a cheerful reply!
.......Sara Gardner Blow
Friday, August 13, 1993
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Thank you and God bless each of you,
Sara