A dear friend of mine is dying. His favorite movie is, Driving Miss Daisy, a 1989 film starring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, and Dan Aykroyd. My friend asked that I post this poem as his favorite of my writings.

Meeting Miss Daisy

I don’t talk to bus-riding strangers
don’t answer questions
nor respond about the weather.
Today is different
she’s all dressed up in styles decades old
too elegant to be a threat.
Her serene manner emits
dignity and graceful style
a bearing approaching royalty
when she smiles I melt and return it
Greeting me in a voice of tinkling chimes
telling me it’s a fine day
my rusty baritone replies
It is a fine day
a beautiful and remarkable day
a day I will remember as long as there are
ladies endowed with quality and class.


F William Broome 2005