A League (For Mary-Ann)

A League (For Mary-Ann)

There’s a league of poets

I’ve gotten to know

Over the last five years or so

An ecliptic mix bi straight trans gay

Brown black white yellow grey

And hand on heart I can honestly say

I’ve never in sixty plus years

Come across a league as wonderful

I feel I’m among familial peers

And I’m so appreciative

Of them all

Audience and performers alike

Whether main act or open mic

I thank you from the bottom of my heart

For welcoming and making me feel part

Of an amazing community

Which till relatively recently

I didn’t know existed

And of names

Too numerous to be listed

I’ll mention but one

Mary-Ann

My rock in the lake

Where the ripples

Began