Writing in Snow

Sunday Poem and Gratitude List

Jamál (Beauty), 3 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Sunday, March 22, 2020

A Poem1

A poem exists
somewhere in space and time
until the poet pens the rhyme.

A poem is born
when the poet's soul writes it
in the poet's mind.

A poem lives
when the reader intones it.

Gratitude List for 3 Baha

Today I am thankful ...
          ...that my Bank of America checking account isn't overdrawn today.
          ...for fresh brewed coffee on this beautiful spring morning.
          ...that I have $9.31 in my Vindale Research account.
          ...for the marshmallow dream bar I have to go with my coffee.
          ...that I have 655 points in my Survey Junkie account.
          ...for the homemade sweet tea I had this afternoon.

Footnotes
1  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-poem.html.