Miss Paula's Poem

 

An elderly woman I know 

has read a number of my poems.

She tells me I'm fortunate

 

to be able find the words

and use them as needed,

putting them down 

in a connected way.

 

She says, “I’ve been around for eighty years, or so.”,

her modesty still obscuring the specifics.

"I've never been able to find these kinds of words.

I don't know where they would be.

You'd think I'd know where to look for them by now."

 

So, I thought I'd help her out 

and put some of them here in this place

where she can always find them.