A Prayer For Maria... Poem by Denis Martindale

Please tell me! How do you do it! ?
Just sit there and stay still?
I wish I could be a poet!
I just don't have the skill...
But there you go, another one!
Your first verse, there it is!
And pretty soon, you will be done...
What greater skill than this?

Verse two begins... I'm smiling now...
I like that joke, my friend...
You're really gifted, man, and how...
Two thousand poems penned...
What's that? You've mentioned Maria!
That's my name written there!
Ah, good... the next line's made it clear...
This poem's like a prayer...

You like to edit very much...
Somehow it brings delight...
I'm glad you've got a gentle touch...
I like the way you write...
Will you recite it just for me?
Oh, my... that's wonderful...
I think I'll write some poetry!
It's just adorable!


Denis Martindale March 2020