MY FRIEND DELANEY: WRITER & POET

Her smile is broad, ever-ready as is her good humour

she will do things her own way

she succeeds, crossing all boundaries

religion, traditional customs, marrying her husband

spontaneously on Sadie Hawkins Day with hundreds of others.


We are two women who enjoy writing

sometimes working, many times not

but always looking for differences

in colors, hues, in painting, clothes

people and nature and in the hats we wear.


Her credentials are impressive

taking her from one city to another

writing for businesses to public institutions

to the love of a tree in her backyard.

All described in poetry,


We met because of aspiring to careers of our own

but kept in touch at writer groups.

She writes with a passion and consistency

about the life she builds with her husband

and in journals she keeps on their travels.


In September she published a 5 Volume Set of her Poetry

each one expressing another facet of her life.

On a snowy day in St. Louis I began to read Volume 5

"Shifting Gears"* because I am in the middle of doing just that

with my own life.


As I read I see clearly some of the feelings and surroundings

she describes. I recognize how wonderful it is to be alive

and be a part of the time in which we live even in times of great distress.

It is not politics nor party which can diffuse people like my friend

because she sees and appreciates life.


*"Shifting Gears", Poetry by Delaney (c)Copyright 2018 FlagshipPress
Philadelphia, Pa. 19147