Secret Lover

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Billy
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Secret Lover

#1 Post by Billy » 04 Oct 2020, 04:13

Secret Lover

If I could write like Mary Oliver
I wouldn't need God either.
It's not a matter of "need".

She didn't question whether
there is or is not a God.
That was not His or Her game.

God made her happy like a
great lover showering gifts
on her, never signing his name.

BobBradshaw
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Re: Secret Lover

#2 Post by BobBradshaw » 04 Oct 2020, 21:14

The last stanza makes this poem work...

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