‘At Thirteen’: A Poem Inspired Across Generations, by Lucia Haase

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At Thirteen

At thirteen, I received a birthday card
from Buffalo, my aunt sent my Dad’s poem
he’d written at thirteen.  Our plain back yard
picnic table became a podium
as I savored every word… “Oh for a good
old Summer’s day / with no cares in my way.”
A fishing poem by a stream has stood
the test of time, planting a seed, a ray
of sunshine seething through the decades’ seasons.
How naive was I? But the blind can see,
I wonder if he knows?  God has his reasons
That reeled me on to writing poetry.
Limned by shade trees, fish swimming in the stream;
and here while I write, I see him.  I dream.

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Lucia Haase has several books of poetry published and was recently included in a poetry anthology titled Symphonies of the Wild Hearted available on Amazon.com.  She also recently had poetry accepted by several publications including Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, The Long Islander, Nostalgia Press, The Raven’s Perch, and POEM publication. She lives in Spring Valley, Illinois.