
short, dark days
let the fairy lights shine,
long and bright
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short, dark days
let the fairy lights shine,
long and bright
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November’s damp chill
settles into my bones
despite weak sunshine
National cemetery,
row upon row of flags
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when the weight carried
presses me into the ground
I have to let go Continue reading

a palette of earthtones
paints hillsides
with Autumn song
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Once upon a time, Ruth grew into
a woman who refused to let others
put her in her place. She made
her own place, a place where
hard work, talent and persistence
would carry her across battlefields
of books, opinions, and gavels, where
great minds clamored and clashed. Continue reading

No day is truly gray
when sunflowers sway
in the slightest breeze
like cheerful trees.
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Write your story
for words are
perfect petals
that bring color
to the world.
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yellow manes,
faces tilted toward the sun
ROAR of color
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I won’t focus on shadows.
I won’t hide my head.
I’ll open to the sun
like the tiny phlox
that blooms,
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hope is scented like
green tomatoes on the vine,
bitter and earthy
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this green world
teems with bees, toads, and slugs,
we’re never alone
even silence seems happy
when a swallowtail visits
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Bitter-scented tomato vines
rub elbows with zucchinis
behind fireworks of kale. Continue reading