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Shifting Purpose

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on October 24, 2023| 7 Comments »




Yesterday, the thing to do
   was to rake the golden leaves
    from the grass and gather them
       into huge untidy piles
  for my husband to pull away.
   Today the invitation is
to not rake the leaves.
   To sit in the grass and feel myself
    folded into an unmanaged beauty.
  The invitation is to admire
     their infinite shades of yellow
   and brown—to notice
how some are speckled,
  some torn, some brittle,
      some still impossibly soft.
   If some part of me
     feels duty bound
  to straighten the world,
she is not here now.
   I want nothing but to sprawl
 in disorder, to feel only delight
      as the wind releases leaves
   from the autumn trees,
want to relish how, with no politic,
the leaves dance to the ground.
  Want to know myself as unruly,
  one who finds joy in the rustling,
one who thrills in the glorious mess.

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Two Messages

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 20, 2016| 3 Comments »

 

 

 

after many months

the scent of rain—

a letter from home

 

 

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I would be divine

said the poem, if you would

just get out of the way

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