From the coldest snow
To the warmest sun you go
And I go with you.
From blossom of spring
To golden leaves of autumn
I bathe in your light.
From the beginning
To the ending of the world
I am ever yours.
– John Anstie
(Read the author’s commentary on this poem)
© 2010, poem, John Anstie, All rights reserved; illustration “Lovers Hand” by Talia Felix, Public Domain Pictures.net
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Jamie Dedes is a Lebanese-American poet and free-lance writer. She is the founder and curator of The Poet by Day, info hub for poets and writers, and the founder of The Bardo Group, publishers of The BeZine, of which she was the founding editor and currently a co-manager editor with Michael Dickel. Ms. Dedes is the Poet Laureate of Womawords Press 2020 and U.S associate to that press as well. Her debut collection, "The Damask Garden," is due out fall 2020 from Blue Dolphin Press.
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I truly love this one. I hope you and your wife like the illustration.
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This illustration is absolutely spot on, Jamie. Truly evocative. Tells the story on its own.
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I love this! Thank you for sharing with us.
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