[Critique Group 2] poetry submission for March 21 critique session

[Alice Massa]

Dear Group Two writer friends,

I wrote the following 220-word poem on March 4 and continued to revise 
it through March 11, when I presented the poem at the first Readers' 
Workshop.At the March 11 event, I did not include the final stanza.Do 
you prefer this poem with or with out the marked "Final Stanza"?Also, 
since the Readers' Workshop, I added some extra line breaks.This poem 
was revised more than most of my poems.I look forward to our critique 
session on March 21--the 29th anniversary of my receiving my first 
Leader Dog.

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*The Almost True Story of an Angel's Feather*

poem by Alice Jane-Marie Massa

You thought I found a feather

of a blue, bright-colored bird;

but what I found was evidence

of an angel's wing,

unheard--

unheard, yet I felt a flow of air

pirouette across my face.

Urged on by what,

I do not know;

but I fell down upon my knees

at that holy place.

With hands outstretched,

I searched blades of grass,

grasped the luminescent white feather.

As soon as I twirled

the perfect feather in my hand,

the delicate plume turned

turquoise--a brilliant blue.

Then, upon a west wind's gentle breeze,

I heard these words--so clear:

"Dear one, please know

Angels' wings are only white on mission flight;

while in that place

you call 'Heaven,'

the feathered wings are

of unknown, unimportant color.

However, on another planet,

the feather absorbs the color

of the finder's hope and prayer.

The plume is not

a piece of good luck,

but a reminder

to make this place

you call 'community'

a softer, lighter, safer

surrounding.

You must keep this feather

so that each day, as you work very hard with life,

you will be uplifted with laughter."

[Final Stanza]

These mysterious words left me

with gratitude, a gracious grin,

and a feather

pressed against a warmer, more humorous heart.

copyright 2019, ajm

Hoping you had a sweet Pi Day--Alice and Willow

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