A Gathering of Poetry: May 2025

Let me be perfectly clear: I am not someone who reads poetry. I always feel like it requires both too much and not enough. Too much introspection and thought. Not enough investment of my time because I read fast and poems just sort of float past my eyes without really registering.

And yet, here I am, joining in with the Thursday Poetry Club. This was Kym’s suggestion as a way for me to find some poems I like and connect with them in a way that feels authentic. I can’t say whether this will be a one off or a regular thing but I did find a poem to share with you. It makes me think of daily life and how easy it is to overlook the things around us that bring us simple joys.

The Patience of Ordinary Things
Pat Schneider

It is a kind of love, is it not?

How the cup holds the tea,

How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare,

How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes

Or toes. How soles of feet know

Where they’re supposed to be.

I’ve been thinking about the patience

Of ordinary things, how clothes

Wait respectfully in closets

And soap dries quietly in the dish,

And towels drink the wet

From the skin of the back.

And the lovely repetition of stairs.

And what is more generous than a window?

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Comments (7)

  2. What a wonderful poem, and I think it’s even more wonderful that you’re reading some poetry. You’ll know when you find something that resonates with you. What isn’t so wonderful is that I completely forgot about A gathering of Poetry, so there’s no post or linkup. Sorry and I’ll do better next month!

  4. You picked a great one to share! I think this one shows perfectly how poetry doesn’t have to be profound to be beautiful.

  5. I love this poem, Carole. You done good! This poem reminds me of one of my favorite ways to think when I have a contemplative moment, “the magic of ordinary days”.

  6. Yep. That’ll do. XO
    Poetry doesn’t have to be full of “secrets” or mysterious meaning. It just needs to resonate with YOU. What a lovely poem, Carole. I want to save that one to re-read again and again. (I love poems best when they make the ordinary EXTRAordinary.)

  7. That’s a lovely poem … I do love poetry, used to dabble in writing poetry as well. I love the way a poem meanders around a topic, creating a path for you to follow to the finish. I don’t read enough of it, maybe this is my reminder to start reading more.

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