Ode to my neighbor Patti

(Patti is on the right with her best friend.)

Definition of an ode: "Simply a poem that contains some form or rhyming pattern about a certain subject and contains the word 'ode' in the title." "Lyric, pure and simple."

A mother of four boys

She is a woman filled with many joys

She spreads it gladly to friend and neighbor

And even to the perfect stranger.

She is the one you call at ten

To tell her you're out of baking powder again

Or maybe just to chat or vent

To me she is just heaven sent.