Smorgasbord Poetry – Colleen Chesebro’s Tuesday Weekly Challenge – #Etheree – Legacy by Sally Cronin

This week Colleen Chesebro’s Challenge is an Ekrphastic Photoprompt with a lovely image David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, provided the photo for this month’s challenge. This is a photo of David’s father. David dedicated his blog to his father’s memory.  I have created an Etheree this week.

© image David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish

Etheree – Legacy by Sally Cronin

sight
enhanced
magnified
drawn to movement
a bright feather’s sheen
focus and connection
the lens in tune with nature
and a man who captures beauty
for his own delight and to preserve
a treasured legacy for those he loves.

©Sally Cronin 2022

My most recent book is a collection of poetry and was published in July 2021

One of the reviews for the collection

Jacqui Murray VINE VOICE 5.0 out of 5 stars Expect to be challenged by this collection of poems  Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2021

In Sally Cronin’s first collection of poetry (I think–she has a lot of fiction collections), Life is Like a Mosaic: Random Fragments in Harmony (2021), be ready for a lilting collection of well-selected words, expertly managed and enhanced by images. Her stated goal:

… to share aspects of life and nature that we experience on a daily basis, but also can sometimes catch us by surprise.

Goal accomplished. The words rely on the images and vice versa–neither is complete without the other. Not only does the message challenge the reader to think deeply but to see beyond what’s on paper.

Some of the fifty+ poems are there just to be enjoyed, to lift your day, but others are to make you think.

…nature takes advantage of the break from progress…

Time can be fleeting or last a lifetime

Some made me think. At first read, I thought I knew what the words meant, even the subliminal message, but on a second read, realized I’d missed the point:

We leave, driven to pass on precious genes, of strength and stamina, humans will need to thrive

Dreams often open pathways, clear of the wakeful detritus, leading our minds in a direction to that sweet spot of perfect clarity.

One of my favorite poems was Skepticism. It touches on politics but not one side or the other. It picked those truths I think everyone believes, hard truths but said so beautifully, instead of anger, I felt sadness.

Politics where truth is scattered on the wind. Media mines dirt from fake news to mislead Agendas wth facts spun to fit planned outcomes Climate change based on flawed research creates wealth Our money works to pay banker’s bonuses Pinch of salt. needed to prevent brain washing.

And my favorite line:

To challenge is to be labelled a nut case.

I had planned to read this slowly, over time, but found I couldn’t stop. Highly recommended for any who have loved Cronin’s other fiction or those who want to be challenged. 

You can find all my books and buy links: Sally’s Books and Reviews 2022

 

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have enjoyed the poem.. thanks Sally.