Poem of the Day: Means Honey: All Sweetness

A Re-post of a Collaboration with Writer Pilgrim by So Elite

Today, I am re-posting a collab from January 2024 that I did with Writer Pilgrim So Elite. Writer Pilgrim recently announced “Poem giveaway is back!” So I thought it would be nice to help kick this off with Writer Pilgrim’s poem to me from last year!

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Welcome to the first collaboration post here on Pamela Leavey: Words and Pictures.

Four days ago I responded to a Note by Writer Pilgrim So Elite, in which they made the offer write personalized poems to the first five people who responded.

I was one of those who responded.

Pale Pink Heirloom Rose

Writer Pilgrim So Elite kindly responded with a lovely personalized poem bearing the title, “Means Honey: all sweetness,” which is actually the meaning of my name, Pamela.

Without further ado, here is the lovely poem and I am excited to share the first collaboration here:

Means Honey: all sweetness 

Nature loves you by the river 
Out to sea 
Through the forest 
You hear whispers 
Messages and vignettes 
When others fail to 
Hear birdsong.  
Rain’s drops offer healing 
from the pitter-patter on the leaves 
to the touch of the skin 
a melody upon hearing 
how it touches our collective soul. 
Failures never stop 
Like Words and Pictures 
Captured in the dark.  
That’s where you see a grey winning streak 
And you find a light,  
Spring is around the corner with a hue of grey 
That can spark  
A new life for tender ones,  
Who’ve only just about began to listen. 
Birdsong, 
before they learn to sing  
Why don’t they grieve the fallen 
and see the magic in what’s around them? 
To not steal clouds’ moments may be a 
lifelong task to achieve. 
Here work is never undone 
Here taking slow breaks 
when the rush quietens the mind is more urgent.  
Here, this one’s for you, as you teach us every cloud,  
every leaf, every bird and every drop is poignant. 

Pink and Yellow Ranunculus

I love this personalized poem that was written for me because it captures the essence of some much of what I write about and share here on my page, including my photography.

I’m so grateful for the lovely way that so many Creatives here on Substack work together within the community here.

If you are one of my regular readers, you will see that in the poem, if you aren’t one of my regular readers, I would like to invite you to Subscribe now and you will have access to all my posts here!

Pink Columbine

Look for some new posts coming up this week… If you enjoyed this post, please share to Notes and your socials and refer a friend!

As always, the Comments are open here, and I invite you all to comment on this poetry and photography collaboration with Writer Pilgrim by So Elite.

I also want to close out by adding I am very interested in doing other collaborations with fellow writers, poets, artists and photographers here. Please reach out to me in the comments or by email if you are interested.

Last but not least, check out the other poems that Writer Pilgrim by So Elite posted today that we all prompted by the Note (see above) they posted the other day.

Gift you fo(u)r poems