2016 Annual Literary Contest
Finalist
Poetry
Alan Skinner
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Chapter
The lengthening ‘ding-dong’ of days
A city in speed-training for Summer
Our year of dual successes?
Light enters the room
The bed sheet covering my eye
An intrusive shower beckons
The blue eradication of clouds
Early daylight will recommend shade cover
A twilight will later bring calm
Forgetting the trivial
Stressing an essential
Life is enriched
Your smile brings pure joy
Emitting its beam of light
This soul must give back
Her hand interweaves my own
Invites my heart to respond
That pleasant pain in my chest
The quickening cloud
Finally brings the ecstasy
Of the Sun it reveals
Sweet talisman of the ‘we’…..