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A New Lady
by H.M StevensSuddenly
Out of nowhere
I am a lady
No taller
No wiser
No more measured
My skin,
muffled by the sweet breath
of mother nature's air
My knees,
ruffled by the slow upward steps
slanting towards descent
My toes,
sink into wet sand
the grip of familiar terrain
My eyes,
capture a wonderment from
when little was known
Suddenly
Out of nowhere
I am a surprise
No taller
No wiser
No more measured
03/12/2010 Posted on 03/21/2010
Copyright © 2024 H.M Stevens
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/22/10 at 07:15 PM I love the blunt tone of this, the simple form. It hammers its point in quite nicely. |
| Posted by Charlotte Smith on 03/24/10 at 04:13 AM The repetition in the last stanza is brilliant. I love the irony of "out of nowhere / I am a surprise" despite the lack of physical change. There's something magical about it. |
| Posted by Sigurdur Haraldsson on 10/30/10 at 08:55 AM Congratulations on the POTD.
This is very good. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/12/15 at 06:35 PM This is a marvelous poem of self realization. I like the subtle inner rhymes here and there, adding flow, and especially how you are realizing in relation to the world around you. |
| Posted by Mo Couts on 04/02/15 at 03:47 PM Isn't that how it always seems to happen upon us? We are older, wiser, but more to measure? I find it the same, too. Nicely done. |
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