Poem 20 of the ProCrasstheNation Poemvember Poetry Project is dedicated to Claire W. The world can change in a moment, and sometimes the best we can do is to keep close the essence of those that sanctify us. This one is for all the Dad’s that brought us up, and sanctified our lives.
❤️
“Sanctification”
A quiet space.
A tiny prayer.
A weathered book.
An open window in a lazy sizzling rain.
A tender breeze kissing my cheek.
All these thing sanctify me.
They make me feel whole.
Wholly whole.
A felt bookmark.
An uncrowded bookshop.
A perfectly lit room.
A warm lingering nap on a winter morning.
A Tom Brady pass.
All these things sanctify me.
They make me feel good.
Goodly good.
Freshly baked bread.
Freshly brewed coffee.
Freshly laundered linens.
Freshly cut lime.
Freshly applied after shave.
All these things sanctify me.
They make me feel big.
Bigly big.
Found money.
Best friends.
When a song you are thinking about comes on the radio.
No lines.
No traffic.
All these things sanctify me.
They make me feel special.
Especially special.
A blank page.
A used bookstore.
A writing group.
An inspiring idea.
A completed story.
All these things sanctify me.
They fill me with purpose.
Purposefully purposeful.
My wife.
My children.
My family.
My friends.
My colleagues.
All these things sanctify me.
They make me feel complete.
Completely complete.
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Published by Christopher Hickey
Welcome to my effort. Yes, as a great procrastinator, it requires great effort to stay focused on something productive that matters to me. I’ll find any old excuse to traipse from project to project, and I rarely end up at the place I started. I find this maddening, and exhaustive. So it is with high hopes, and a greater grasp of self-awareness, that I embark upon staying the course so to speak.
I enjoy writing. Be it blogs, fiction, poetry, etc. I love the craft and the act of creation, the art in and of itself, for it’s own sake and end. I am happy to be able to do it.
Some stats:
Born: March 1974
Education:
St.Francis de Sales, Charlestown MA
Don Bosco Technical High School, Boston MA
University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell MA
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown MA
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
North Virginia Community College, Arlington VA
Harvard Extension School, Cambridge MA
Place of residence: Somewhere in the land of metro Boston. It’s vaguely familiar and becoming home more and more by the day, but when you come from “The Town” all else fails by comparison.
Favorite Color: I’m partial to all forms of blue.
Favorite Author: c’mon! don’t expect me to answer that, there are too many.
I enjoy memories of playing 80’s Atari better than playing any advanced gaming system that exists today.
Some day:
Hope to be recognized for my paper clip collection. As well as my 27 rejected applications to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailiey Clown college.
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