This Poem was Submitted By: Victor David Rooks On Date: 2000-04-08 05:36:09 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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The Gift

Gray, frail, stern but kind She tried to open up our minds To see a different time and place I learned much later her name was Grace. I, akward, unsteady not ready for the world Often took refuge in the thoughts she unfurled. Byron, Keats, and Burns were their names She stoked the fire forty years to flame. I've never been able to get out of my head Those pregnant thoughts from Burns I read. And so I write, her gift so bestowed Continues to teach even now that I'm old. Thanks, Mrs. Shields for giving a start I'll cherish forever your place in my heart.

Copyright © April 2000 Victor David Rooks


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