poetry wednesday : rub up against the unfamiliar

July 11, 2012 in poetry, poetry wednesday

Serve

by Valancy Reynolds

hello.

I will be your poet

for this evening.

I hope

you do not mind if

I do

Rearrange your words

make you rub up against

the unfamiliar

put some strangers in

your midst just

to see what might

happen

when you don’t get what you

ordered.

Valancy was a member of a recent VerbTribe, and offered this poem and this beautiful note: “In the second half of the VerbTribe journey, a wonderful thing happened to me. I started spontaneously writing poems, and just letting them be. I have just adored how VerbTribe brought the experience of reading poetry back to my life, so perhaps it is no surprise that the poems that I started writing were about poetry. Here is one of them.” Valancy, my thanks for sharing your words with us all.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

4 comments to " poetry wednesday : rub up against the unfamiliar "


Esther

July 11, 2012 AT 10:13AM

Lovely. I appreciate the directness, the sparseness and clarity of the poem. From one VT (Feb/Apr tribe) to you-hats off!

Carol Sanders

July 11, 2012 AT 10:26AM

Just lovely, Valancy. Reminds me a little of Billy Collins with your own special touch. Thank you so much for sharing!

Valancy Reynolds

July 11, 2012 AT 7:40PM

Thank you for the opportunity to be part of 37 Days, Patti! And for the amazing Verb Tribe experience.

Melissa Dinwiddie

July 13, 2012 AT 5:05PM

Valancy, I love this poem so much I want to marry it! Such a treat to see a fellow VerbTriber here — thank you so much for sharing your wonderful work!