Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Mark Creaven, a sample of his work

 



Mark, in Barton Library



A Cure

 

what we once called love

flames with soul searing heat

that fades in frosty silence to an icy shoulder

the dichotomy of fire and ice

drives us to seek our special one

but should we hang on, dangling by our heartstrings

when the solid middle is what brings us peace

and we throw another log on the fire

on a cold winter’s night





Mark is sitting on the left in a different kind of session for work he does.  This photo is from VT Digger, in an article about Covid in Orleans County.  Mark has worked continually with testing and vaccination sites throughout the pandemic.


Mark's poem, A Cure, was written in our last in-person meeting, October 27, 2021, in the Barton Public Library, where we meet alternatively with a virtual meeting every other week.  The prompt was from The Pocket Pema Chodron, reading number 61, There is no cure for hot and cold.  We had about 10 minutes to write.