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Saturday, June 20, 2026

The Wind Blows Where It Will / JD Shirk


The Wind Blows Where It Will

ICMA, Coin Toss, 2009.
 CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

It may have been a memory
Of something long ago
A faded scene, or passing dream
Or just a random thought
It may have been a poet's line
Wrote from a searching heart
A verse or two, that carried through
Thoughts from a long gone time
It may have been the universe
Fate written in the stars
A destiny or fantasy
A cosmic happenstance
It may have been a childhood wish
A dream of hero's fame
A school yard crush, in teenage blush
Remembered through long years
It may be that we'll never know
Or never need to know
Just how we choose, and what we lose
Or win, by fickle fate

~~
JD Shirk, 2024
JD Shirk Poetry

[All rights reserved - used with permission]

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1 comment:

  1. George J. DanceJune 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM

    Penny gets likes for her posts on Facebook and BlueSky, but very seldom comments. So it was to
    receive this comment on Shirk's poem:


    ‪Onyx‬ ‪@advantage87.bsky.social‬ 7d
    That opening about a memory or passing dream pulls you right in. Thanks for spotlighting someone else's verse so generously.

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