IN YOUR OWN WORDS WRITING THROUGH HARD TIMES Each month, the Denver VOICE publishes a selection of writing from workshops sponsored by Lighthouse Writers Workshop. The Hard Times Writing Workshop is a collaboration between Denver Public Library and Lighthouse Writers Workshop. This workshop is open to all members of the public—especially those experiencing homelessness. Contact the Lighthouse Writers Workshop for details about virtual Hard Times writing workshops: lighthousewriters.org/workshop/denver-public-library-hard-times The Lighthouse sponsored workshop at The Gathering Place is specifically for that organization’s clients. To check out more writing by the poets featured in this column, go to writedenver.org. D. GLORSO MIRACULOUS PETE SIMON ODE TO PEGGY LEE An old song “Catch a falling star And put it in your pocket Save it for a rainy day” These days song lyric May never occur to children To be absurd But why should miraculous Be discounted as we age? There is a reason Only the good die young Could it be the innocent Are keepers of miracles? While the so called realists Look to science for fact As the young Glide through the day With smiles In a make believe world Understanding the only need Marvel like a comic book Used as bibles by some Casting blame on evil Or admiring gods As the reason for all good The creator of the universe Or in fact the architect Or map maker needed To align existing stones In the voids of space According to some master plan Devised by children gone Free to think and believe Mystically No preconceived notions Is there a reason The good die young? Their minds are free From old philosophies As to how the universe is organized Wrap your minds around them Breathe in the miraculous The pure of heart The young a universal Breath of life There’s interference in the ionosphere; my receiver picking up lottsa static. No stimulus check in the U.S. Mail, poor folks singing a new verse of no breaks to be had; their numbers multiplyin like ain’t nothin else under the sun, yet stock market bells keep ding dongin along; this ain’t no time to get high, but that’s all there is Peggy Lee. PRESENTED BY: August 2020 DENVER VOICE 11
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