The Gift by James Joseph Snyder

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The Gift​ 

“Have you ever tried vaniller and sausage?”

Asked the awkward organ-playing contestant

to the surly judge, while simply smiling,

unaware of his very hilarity.

The judge breaks down his frown into uplifting smile.

The bewildered performer unmindful of his gift of levity.

 

Are we all so unmindful of our levity within?

The way it can break out the day and break open the night. 

This gift to stir within a heart the joy-view of life,

for each situation of turmoil or strife,

endured in spite of, overcome with laughter.  

© James Joseph Snyder

James Joseph Snyder

 

James Joseph Snyder is a retired engineer living in Minnesota. Writing poetry from a young age, published at age six in a book of children’s poems. He enjoys the revelations of wonder and the process of writing poetry. Publications include Lucky Jefferson, Ariel Chart, Spank the Carp, and Cracked Walnut Anthology 2023.

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