Ted Bookey of Readfield and his wife, poet Ruth Bookey, direct the poetry series at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell. Ted’s poetry is a unique combination of the comic and the serious. In today’s poem, he writes not only about the power of it, but the force of love.
The Power of It
By Ted Bookey
Ruth woke sad today. Life, she says,
Has been behaving itself & hopeful
Expectations continue, so why now
Nameless dread & mope at sunrise?
What is it? What can it be?
I do not know but I will try.
To help her against it
— whatever it is
I put my arms around her,
Tell her, “What it is, is
There will come moments
When it is simply it.”
I say this for myself
As much as for her —
That it is just it.
& it helps.
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