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What Ed Bennett wrote:
The entire poem is comprised of 20 short lines yet the tenor of this work is dazzling.
The punctuation works well with the short lines to set a lively rhythm; as the reader
is swept through the poem the internal rhyme and slant rhyme leap up to engage the ear.
By the end of the poem, we come to a stop accompanied by the poet who brought us "on a
walk where you choose/to love the life that you lead." The poet has constructed an image
of sheer delight that she shares with the reader. Poet and reader share in the gratitude
alluded to in the title.


Gratitude
by Jeannie E. Roberts

It's the heavenly sound
when chimes find a song
in breeze, the sparkle
of snow, the back and forth
show where hummingbirds
feed, it's an endless blue sky
when summer's not shy
to shine, the ferment
of leaves, the woodlands
at ease, in fall, it's the call
of a thrush when evening's
at hush in June, the echo
of grouse, the skitter
of mouse, near crocus
in bloom, it's the swoop
of an owl, the pitch
of its howl, in spring,
it's the high wire coos
on a walk where you choose
to love the life that you lead.

This poem appears in Beyond Bulrush (Lit Fest Press), Volume One Magazine,
and father's and what must be said (Rebel Poetry)



Ed's full review can be viewed here:

http://www.quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2016/book.html .html

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