..
a moment,
(some fanfare, a parade?)
if you please,
for the neglected,
rejected,
misunderstood
sneeze.
for what better release
is there,
than a surprise
expulsion
of air and spit
and violent glee;
the fantastic
explosion
of
achoooooooooo.
and also,
ain’t nothin’ wrong
with any small excuse
to gift these simple words:
……………………………..God
…………………………….bless
…………………………….you.
..
Walt has us pondering celebrations over at dVerse Poetics.
What can you celebrate today?
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Yes… what a great excuse… Here we say prosit instead. (also a good thing to say)
Had to look that up. “to health!” Yes, I like that, too. And I will add “l’chaim” (to life!) from Hebrew. 😉
You got me smiling & chuckling with this lovely sentiment. On a more crass note, for years, as I sneezed I forced myself to say–hooorssseshiiiitt! Sad, isn’t it?
I dunno. My son (14) likes to burp the ABCs. Some days, we gotta deal with our bodily functions any way we can. 😉
Ha, an unexpected, sharp and sweet delight – much like a sneeze itself!
Love this! Also… I can recovnize people by their voices, footsteps, and yes, sneezes. 😀
I can’t help but smile 😀 this poem is such a delight! ❤️ Beautifully penned, De ❤️
Lots of love,
Sanaa
Achoo fun De 🙂 We also say God Bless you smiles, a gift to say and receive ~
Just lovely. For some reason I now use the German phrase Gesundheit when I hear an achoo.
God Bless You, De, just for the cause of it! And wipe your nose!
I said that to a woman once in a store and she snarled and spit at me ‘I don’t believe in God’. I was nonplussed.
Good Lord. People can be such TOOLS.
I felt sorrow and prayed for her.
That is just too sad.
I think she must have been sad to reject a simple blessing.
Good for you, Bryan. Kindness, ALWAYS.
I so love this wonderful thing you choose to celebrate–the perfect release that comes from a huge sneeze and then the gentle blessing that follows.
A poem in praise of the sneeze! Genius, De! It’s that time of year again. Maybe we should have a Poetics on bodily functions! Or maybe not…
This made me smile, as I sit here with a tissue in one hand and some Olbas Oil to hand. I’ve been thoroughly blessed over the last few days!
I read somewhere that people said “Bless you” because your soul could fly out of your nose when you sneezed. Don’t know if that’s true.
Anyway, it was a great reminder of the blessings of small, unnoticed things. Thank you.
Hope you feel better SOON, Sarah!
PS: I read somewhere that the “God bless you” is because your heart actually stops for a second or two while you sneeze. Isn’t it funny, the old wives’ tales?
I love this, the sweet sneeze of countless blessings :o)
Cool…we can always celebrate!
Love the “violent glee” of the sneeze, and the world could use a lot more “God bless you” in it!
What a laugh!
Oh wonderful! Such a small thing in life, but what great satisfaction! Bless you!
Ha! 😃 Bless you, De, this made me smile with glee! ❤️
I have NEVER heard of that word before, which totally stokes me. I stared at it for quite a while, trying to figure out what I was seeing. So of course, lots of hidden words started playing games with my eyes: consternation, stern, sternum, stern um, turn, notation, etc.
I love this:
“for the neglected,
rejected,
misunderstood
sneeze” … Hey, S knees. 🙂
I hadn’t heard it either, but wanted an interesting word in my title…and I knew “osculation,” so I thought maybe there was a fun medical-sounding “-ation” for sneeze, and low and behold, there was. 😉
Of all the things that could create kindness and interaction in this world…
Woo hoo for the achoooo!! 🙂
Gesundheit! This poem, your placement of words, makes me smile.
Oh this made me chuckle!