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MARCH 21st WORLD POETRY DAY!!
The purpose of this holiday is to promote the writing, reading, teaching and publishing of poetry throughout the world. It’s also a day to give recognition to international, national and regional poetry movements. This holiday has been celebrated since its inception in 1999.
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The following was the result of deciding whether to turn around on a road with extremely limited backing space.; a van on each side, the mountain in the front, the sheer drop off behind! (poem:To Choose - B. all rights reserved 2019)
TO CHOOSE
I stand here – near the top of the mountain,
Nothing above but blue sky.
The road ahead, fading around a shrouded corner
I cannot see,
Disappears into the distance
Appearing to fade into nothingness.
To my left, the narrow width of the road;
Beyond, a drop-off into an endless abyss.
The wind, a force to be reckoned with
Tears the car door from my hand
Forcing me back toward the
Low hillock of alpine tundra.
Should I go upward toward the
End of the road which fades into the sky,
Or turn back, returning by way of
The known path?
Hemmed in on both sides,
Backing out would consume all space
Except six inches from an
Un-curbed edge.
To move upward into the future
Toward an end I cannot fathom,
Or use the same maneuver
Back along a smoother path.
There is terror in either choice.