November 2023
Kate Potter
kppineline@gmail.com
kppineline@gmail.com
Bio Note: I have been reading, studying, writing and reciting poems for over forty years--outside of academia. My work has appeared in numerous print anthologies, as well as online in The Typescript. Professionally, I flew to Western Europe and the Middle East as a flight attendant and French translator for TWA beginning in 1973 until a corporate takeover ended my career nearly thirty years later. I then became an independent art dealer. For most of my life, I have been a community activist, promoting all of the arts and advocating for a healthy environment.
Giddy Loops Around the Sun
a hemiplegic septuagenarian
feels like I’ve done 74 already
not till next month though
the years bring wonders
crossing an ocean in-flight
crossing seas
learning other cultures
their art, cuisine
architecture
their languages
français, Español, Italiano
seeing how Latin ties them together
excellent:
excellent, excellenté, eccelente
marvelous:
merveilleux, maravilloso, maraglioso
learning that happiness is a choice
I choose it and I spread it--it’s contagious
life’s speedbumps?
I take em lying down
sleep is my
great escape
dreams
like movies
fascinating films
epic and engaging
poetry helps too
carrying me
wherever I choose to be
to roam, to wander
to say I love you in myriad different ways
I love you more
Je t’aime plus
te amo mas
on to Greek. thank you very much:
efharisto para poli
©2023 Kate Potter
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