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The Beauty That Surrounds Us

Susan Mayer Brumel 1955 (Newark, NJ)

Free verse
When our world is cast in shadows,
and we’re feeling challenged by
the failings of the flesh,
we can take in the quiet beauty
that surrounds us, and
-if only for a moment-
breathe deeply from
a lightness that buoys us up
and pulls us through the darkness…

About this poem

When we’re feeling weak and hopeless, our heavy hearts can become lighter, our spirits brighter, just by taking in the natural beauty that surrounds us.

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Written on January 04, 2023

Submitted by susan.brumel on January 06, 2024

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Scheme ABCDEFGHI
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 264
Words 53
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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Susan Mayer Brumel

I am a retired hospice social worker, who began writing poems about 2 years ago. I am married, a mom of two sons, a Bernese Mountain Dog, and grandma of two grandchildren who are the loves of my life. A lover of all animals and most people, I enjoy spending time in nature, long walks, and reading Pablo Neruda, Blake, William Carlos Williams, James Joyce, Mary Oliver, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, and more. Baudelaire tells us to ‘be drunk’ on something every day; I am drunk on poetry and intend never to be sober! more…

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