Front Porch Review
A literary magazine for the young at heart and mind

Someone was playing Mozart
I heard it clear             It comforted me
It was in me and out there     Yes         I could speak Mozart
I came out of the sea
My universe rocked              to a gentle beat
then a big flood
and falling.

The world                  all  new
I love it
It makes me giddy      I laugh easily
would dance with the wind
but
carry
the weight of time
for centuries 
on my shoulders
digging for posterity
tolerating
theft.

I plant my life firmly
with the wisdom of the sea
and can't look back
don't look 
I won't
look back.

By Jo Stewart

Jo Stewart: “Retirement has been an opportunity to have the time to read great books, to share with contemporaries and to write poems when the muse visits."