
pink petals
scent rises like hope
music on the wind
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pink petals
scent rises like hope
music on the wind
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sea holly hats,
fascinators on the thinnest stems
with royal collars
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the cheeriest blooms
bring the sun
out of hiding
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purple and yellow
delicate spires and broad leaves
but contrast succeeds
when we are free to disagree,
we make each other stronger
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sun-filled petals,
scalloped and scented,
soft as new baby’s skin
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firecracker red roses
bring back sangria-sweetened
hot afternoons
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when the bread-oven sun
summer-bakes the earth
still the rain will fall, cooling
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girls gather
on swings, flying high
laughter on the wind
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be the flower
growing in dry spaces,
roots dug deep Continue reading

An ocean of thanks
to dads who raise faces
to the dawn, holding
up the sky on broad shoulders,
for their children.
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rain plops
plink, plink
shiny drops
trees drink
squirrels scatter
flowers glisten
birds natter
i listen
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a lone tulip
in a sea of blooming phlox,
the writing life
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