a poem came


It's like relief when a poem comes- providing what you yourself cannot- so I gratefully wrote this one down. I think there's another one inside trying to get out. I'm trying to make the space for it.


From July 22, 2013:


I have found the garden a merciful place

with no aim of production but mirth!

Circular thoughts, received by the dirt, turning compost for freshness

Nosing through vines, foliage uncovers forgotten fruit of a doubtful seed

when soil and sun and air and blessed rain seemed unfit to coax from my hopes a new leaf.


7/22/13

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