Sigh ... I've never written a toast in my life, so I found this a bit daunting. Heck, I find most of our challenges daunting! The hardest bit for me was finding an appropriate topic. I fiddled for a long time, trying to find something I actually wanted to celebrate. Here's what I ended up with.
A Toast To My Sisters
A toast to my sisters
who see with keen eyes
the smallest details
from the ground to the sky
A toast to my sisters
who wrestle with words
and wrangle with meter
that begs to be heard
A toast to my sisters
who write it all down
then revise and rework
every verb, every noun
A toast to my sisters
who follow their hearts
give voice to the voiceless
emotion to art
To my poetry sisters
though we're miles apart
I raise up a glass to
offer my heart
and a toast.
Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2018. All rights reserved.
You can read the pieces written written by my poetry sisters at the links below.