‘ While Pondering Pope’s Ode’ by Lucia Haase

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While Pondering Alexander
Pope’s “Ode to Solitude”

Grateful am I in solitude
while reading Pope’s inspiring ode,
a time for pause—an interlude
____________in my abode.

I’m whisked into the distant past
that once again becomes all new;
his words, his lines like shadows cast
____________as poets do.

His quill, my pen—all one the same,
his chosen words re-echoing
as there burns peace within the flame
____________that I too sing.

Blessed are those who write in rhyme,
a truth all poets knew or know—
those presently or in a time
____________so long ago.

So here I write to have my say
befriended by a poet’s glow
upon my porch this quiet day,
____________my soul to know.

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Lucia Haase has several books of poetry published and was recently included in a poetry anthology titled Symphonies of the Wild Hearted available on Amazon.com.  She also recently had poetry accepted by several publications including Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, The Long Islander, Nostalgia Press, The Raven’s Perch, and POEM publication. She lives in Spring Valley, Illinois.