Third Poem Accepted

While I am awaiting notification of the publication of my second accepted poem, I’ve received notification that a third poem has been accepted by Poetry Leaves 2017.

“Dear Randy Mazie,

Thank you for sending us “Sometime I’d Just Like to Hang Out With God”. We love it and would like to publish it in the Exhibition May 2-31, 2017 and in the Poetry Leaves bound volume.

Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Liz Waun
Poetry Leaves”

As the poem will exhibited by being attached to a tree and later printed in a bound edition (see the bottom of this page for more information). I am posting my submission below in the meanwhile:

Trees c Randy Mazie

Sometime I’d Just Like to Hang Out With God

… maybe go out
into the fresh air,
and ask God to join me,
if He wasn’t too busy.

… maybe the two of us
could throw around a baseball.
I could lend him my glove.
We could chat about His day;
yell, sorry, if one of us threw the ball poorly.

… maybe we could go
for a walk in the woods,
breathing in that sweet mossy forest air.
I’d ask Him to tell me
which of the trees and plants
that He had created
especially delighted Him,
so I could enjoy His choices.

Oh, to just take the time
to hang out together as friends,
not demanding anything
of each other.
Just sharing who we are,
letting our hearts beat in tandem.

… maybe humming
a tune together,
or just whistling.

Randy Mazie

Poetry Leaves is an Outdoor Poetry Exhibition that is displayed during the month of May. The exhibition was launched in 2014 as a way to celebrate National Poetry Month. Thanks to the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, the Waterford Township Public Library can continue the tradition.

Original poetry will be placed in the trees on the Township Campus, 5200 Civic Center Dr., Waterford. If you look at the photo gallery on the PICTURES page, you will see a few examples of how the poems will look when hung from a branch. This novel idea was a brainchild of Sue Camilleri. Then it was spearheaded by Joan Rogers of the Waterford Township Public Library.

Since the project’s inception in 2014 over 100 original poems have been included in the Poetry Leaves Exhibitions. Their diversity was gratifying and the poems themselves were amazing. We expect no less this year.

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