Becky Bishop White features 12/9

12/9/19 Becky Bishop White  hosted by Jim

The east coast, the SF Bay Area, and Lake Tahoe are threaded throughout the poetry of Becky Bishop White. An emerging poet, Becky won the 2019 First Prize in the Benicia Love Poetry Contest for her poem, Flying Start, and was Second Place winner for an unpublished poem, Ghost Fleet, at the 2019 Solano County Fair. Becky lives in Benicia with her husband, author James W. White, who is her very best friend.

ALIGNMENT

To try to set a problem right

requires courage. Some might

think to leave or just pout

in silence, but to talk it out

or try for a hug is huge.

You are no longer fugitive

from your best self.

You have broken the spell

that makes you think ‘other.’

But it’s not really another

who aligns with you.

Here is what is true:

The soul who makes peace is nearer

to the person in the mirror.

            © Becky Bishop White