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In Harsh Times

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on July 4, 2025| 11 Comments »


 
I know, music alone
will not save us. But tonight
when my daughter played
the song we both love,
we smiled at each other,
all giddy and warm,
and some shriveled
part of me revived.
It was like those seeds
in the desert that wait years
to germinate—all they need
is one good rain.
That’s what a song can do.
Remind us our hope
is merely dormant, not dead.
Who could blame me, then,
for wanting to bring a song
to the whole thirsty world,
a song that soaks into
our parched hearts,
stunning us with just how fast
even the harshest world
can transform.

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There Was a Time I Disdained Hope

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 26, 2024| 7 Comments »


 
 
But now
what can I do
but marvel
as hope grows
like a seed
without soil,
putting down
roots despite
lack. And isn’t
that what hope
is—a sprout
that grows
when conditions
are poor,
as if to prove
that sometimes
potential
depends less
on what
surrounds us,
more on what
is living
through us.

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There

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 21, 2020| 2 Comments »

Digging

deeper

into the soil

of self

planting

only

seeds

of you.

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One Garden Plotting

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »

 

 

though I’ve just bought seeds

already my heart

is in full midsummer—

funny how all that is visible

is dirt

 

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One Resilience

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on February 24, 2019| 6 Comments »

my heart a cottonwood seed

landed on rock instead of soil—

love says, time to trust the wind

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One Day Before Planting

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 12, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

 

 

before the planting,

the dreaming, laying out seeds

while summer still fits in my hand

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Planting the Garden Haiku

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on May 14, 2012| 3 Comments »

in the tiny seed
the scent
of marigold

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