In Pursuit of Poetry

March 31 - The End.... not really.

March 31, 2018
I wanted a last poem to end this month so I typed 'the end poem' into Google and came up with many options. Many to do with death and dying and World War 1 and then I came across this little gem. It gives a glimmer of hope to the end.... because this in not an end, in a true sense of the word, merely a shift from March to April. A shift from reading poetry to writing poetry as National Poetry Month rises up. Having spend the month reading poems I feel I can try my own hand at writing a few of my own. I have signed on to NaPoWriMo on WDC and I intend to see if I can meet the challenge of writing my own poem a day. It will be included in my writings for Camp NaNoWriMo which also starts tomorrow.... still hard to believe April begins tomorrow. It should be an interesting month because I also need to write a short story for a fiction workshop I am taking... and their are numerous bits of homework that I need to accomplish as well. It should be a great month... but there is definitely a bend in the road.
I also like that this poem has an element of spiritual significance. God. Given that this is the Easter Weekend I feel it is an awesome choice for today.
Happy Easter everyone! And may you never reach the end of the road, just the bent.... sit back and enjoy the ride. Let God share your load and take the wheel. I am also going to include a song I love...

The End Of The Road Is But A Bend In The Road
by Helen Steiner Rice

When we feel we have nothing left to give
And we are sure that the "song has ended"--
When our day seems over and the shadows fall
And the darkness of night has descended,

Where can we go to find the strength
To valiantly keep on trying,
Where can we find the hand that will dry
The tears that the heart is crying--

There's but one place to go and that is to God
And, dropping all pretense and pride,
We can pour out our problem without restraint
And gain strength with Him at our side--

And together we stand at life's crossroads
And view what we think is the end,
But God has a much bigger vision
And he tells us it's only a bend--

For the road goes on and is smoother,
And the "pause in the song" is a "rest,"
And the part that's unsung and unfinished
Is the sweetest and richest and best--

So rest and relax and grow stronger,
Let go and let God share your load,
Your work is not finished or ended,
You've just come to "a bend in the road."

https://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/1801.html

The words:
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/carrieunderwood/jesustakethewheel.html

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