Wednesday, April 2, 2025

National Poetry Month: Everything is Going to Be All Right by Derek Mahon

It's National Poetry Month, if DT hasn't issued an executive order to banish it yet. (He seems determined to destroy everything I love, so I guess it's just a matter of time.)

To celebrate poetry this month, I'm sharing a few lines from a poem I love along with an illustration I drew or a photo I took. I'll include a link to the entire poem below.


Today I'm sharing a poem I kept seeing everywhere during the pandemic. 

As long as the Crowpoisons keep popping up every spring, I think everything is going to be all right...


 

Everything is Going to be All Right
Derek Mahon

How should I not be glad to contemplate
the clouds clearing beyond the dormer window
and a high tide reflected on the ceiling?
There will be dying, there will be dying,
but...


The full poem, "Everything is Going to Be All Right" by Derek Mahon, is here.




For more photos, link up at Wordless Wednesday, Comedy Plus, Messymimi's Meanderings, Keith's Ramblings, Create With Joy, Wild Bird Wednesday, and My Corner of the World.


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12 comments:

  1. magiceyeApril 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM

    Beautiful photo and verse.

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  2. TomApril 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM

    ...Deb Nance, I saw last night on PBS about Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts after King Trumpy Dumpy's order!

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  3. SandeeApril 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM

    Well done. Love the poem.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  4. Rajani RehanaApril 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM

    Beautiful post

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  5. HeidrunApril 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM

    Very nice to meet you on the blogside. Thank you for your nice comment. Poems! I love this.
    Greetings by Heidrun

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  6. Keith's RamblingsApril 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM

    The power of positive thinking.

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  7. Sallie (FullTime-Life)April 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM

    Thank you for stating so succinctly my thoughts and worries about the current Executive Orders and the one(s) who is/are issuing them. And for the hope you offer by ending with that particular poem. I am trying to stay positive (or at least sane).

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  8. LydiaApril 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM

    I love this poem and share your concerns.

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  9. Anne@HeadFullofBooksApril 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM

    Love the beginning must follow the trail to read the whole.

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  10. messymimiApril 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM

    The world is a concerning place, I do pray all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

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  11. JeanieApril 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM

    A lovely poem and beautifully illustrated.

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  12. Mary KirklandApril 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM

    Beautiful.

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