Repeat After Me (sharing a kind heart)

Three 8-Count Quatrains in a-b-a-b rhymes and an unrhymed couplet travoi, written for Emmajoy's new "Debate via Prose or Poetry" group on its first topic: A Repeated Thought

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Repeat After Me

Every morn, as sun arises,

is another day I’ll be blessed.

For, I know there’ll be surprises;

sheer joyfulness, each time, expressed.

And, should I find that sorrow’s swept

its shadowed shapes across my heart,

I’ll repeat your words, as vows kept …

loving cares, that will never part.

With these wondrous thoughts I've been graced,

I'm ever-so gratefully thrilled.

I promise to keep them well-placed,

'til my heartbeats - alas - are stilled.

Every morn, as sun arises:

another day I will be blessed....

Richard W Jenkins

© 19 Mar 2025

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Author's Note

Thank you for reading and reviewing
this humble poem for me.
Please, feel free to make comment on anything you believe
will help my craft and/or this composition.
✍

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

Your skill with verse and a song between the lines has been finely put forever, Richard, especially,

'Every morn as sun arises,
another day I will be blessed.
For, I know there’ll be surprises;
sheer joyfulness each time expressed....

Every morn as sun rises'

[Richard🖌]

With most grateful thanks 🥀🐝

Dear Em,
The gracious warmth and intelligent beauty of your reviews never fail to gratify an olde bard's most arduously sincere efforts.
Thus, I bow to thee now with humble-hearted happiness!

Thank you, Em, for this ultra-interesting group! ⁓ Richard🖌

[emmajoygreen]

Oh my, thank you, Richard, but do get up before you hurt your back!

Hope you enjoy the Group, having to get used to how things are done with it. Should have learned things before hand. It is supposed to be fun and friendly, however!

[Betty Hermelee]

a stunning poem Richard…. almost like a wedding vow, all over again…. your well chosen words really reflect your deep emotions….
thank you for sharing
warmly, B🌷🌷🌷🌷

[Richard🖌]

Thank you, Betty, ever-so kindly🍒

Your own deep emotions and words of appreciative thanks shine through to touch an olde bard's heart.

You, too, are most warmly thanked for such a lovely review! ⁓ Richard🖌

[Betty Hermelee]

Always a pleasure Richard!🌷
Warmly
B🌷

[Tumi]

A beautifulness poem to write sir, in my humble opinion sir I think a last line with the refrain
"Another day I will be blessed" looks great to (me), it's a wonderful piece, honestly I'm repeating after you silently in my mind.

[Richard🖌]

Beautifully spake, Dear Tumi 🙏🏼

What could be more heartifully repeated than the gift of spirited delight shared through your closing words, My Fine Fellow Poet.

Thank you, Syr, for the most inspiring finishing line! ⁓ Richard🖌️