These days seem to preclude a circle of love.
Iced out. Proliferation of guns. Political strife.
Mathemeticians associate Pi with a circle
3.14159 and on and on . . . seemingly out of reach.
Some cite three-hundred-sixty degrees.
Others lecture three points required.
So many different opinions
can the circle be truly delineated?
How to create a circle of love then,
much less define the shape itself.
Perhaps when two people embrace?
When a family of four gathers round a campfire?
Elderly person sitting alone
waits for a visit, never to come.
But guardian angels gather round
faces remembered, comfort in faith.
Circles take effort to make.
One person reaching out.
More than mathematical equations,
perhaps circles are matters of the heart?
NAPOWRIMO Day 27. Prompt: Write a poem in which all the verses contain the same number of lines (whether couplets, triplets, quatrains, etc.) and in which you give the reader instructions of some kind.
In our family, the tradition since our children were very young, has been to sing The Circle of Love as our table grace before our suppers. Hence, the pondering on what is a circle; and how to make a circle. Click here for a recent poem about our Circle of Love tradition. Image by Speedy McVroom from Pixabay
lillian the home poet 
This prompted me to look up the definition of circle.. it has many as your poem suggests, and yes “circles do take effort”. Did you sing the song as a child before meals or something you started with your children? I really enjoyed the thought provokiness of this poem.
LikeLiked by 1 person
We first heard the song when we went to Chicago to visit George’s brother, his wife and their two kids over a Thanksgiving. Don was a Lutheran minister…had his own church for a while…then took over as President of Lutheran Services of Illinois then worked for the bishop in Chicago. It was a table grace they sang and taught us the words. So I’d never sung it before then….and after that visit (our kids were probably 3 and 5 at the time…) we adopted it! But turns our, we got the tune wrong…ours is a much peppier and simpler joyous tune. Our kids have sung the same song with their kids as well. The Circle of Love does indeed to round and round. Did you click on the link I provided to see the Haibun I wrote about it?
LikeLike
Yes I did. Enjoyed it. Thank you.
LikeLike
One of my favorite teaching moments envolved the challenge of a single circle. A marching band show I wrote in 1983. My band of 80 students converged on a circle stretching from the 45 yd lines while playing a descending musical line as they touched shoulders they did a slow about face and blasted the chorus of “Stars and Stripes Forever “ as the circle expanded to the finale. Still get goosebumps talking about it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
This sounds FANTASTIC! Do you have a video of it? Would LOVE to see it! And, thanks so much for reading my posts….truly appreciate it!
LikeLike