thus has may begun
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a life incredible, vivid, excellent.
thus has may begun
Read Morea rustle, a roar
branches sway, cottonwood leaves
shimmer in the wind
As soon as our city’s stay-at-home protocols went into effect in March, I developed a manic craving for lemon-elderflower-flavored things.
Read MoreThese are old favorites (or new/newer favorites) that I come back to again and again because they only get better with re-reading. They’re cozy, funny, heart-warming, uplifting, maybe even inspiring.
Read Morei took a walk today a brisk huff ‘n’ puff up the hill and round the block to wake drowsing limbs from the torpor of sitting over-long at a desk and exorcise the mania of a mind too long confined between four walls as i walked along a mist hissed half-heartedly in my face the…
Read Morethere’s warmth in the breezes
and dew on the grass
whisp’ring spring will soon be here
the wind was wild today
rocking the trees to and fro
the world is awash in cream and lavender the invading violets have marched across the lawn flanking the driveway in a company of purple and circling the tree in the meadow in a fairy ring of amethyst and white beyond the fence the neighbor’s lilac is just starting to break into bloom; the fruit trees…
Read Morewhat is the grub worm?
a blind, bloated, pale, writhing, wriggling mess
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. Carl Sandburg
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