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On Family Summers
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A BOOK BY THE BROOK — Friends and Foes
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
Rule-breaking author, Douglas Florian, explores friendship in his new poetry collection, Friends and Foes, Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 2018. What makes author-illustrator Douglas Florian rule-breaking? Continue reading
Daisy at Noon
a daisy at noon,
opens a spiraling path
to the heart
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By the Pond
waterfall murmurs
a poem of golden light,
celebrating labor
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Imperfect Heart
Oh to Be a Bee
Gardens Green
Summer is
a meandering path,
mowed green,
leaf music,
birdsong bursts,
shade on a hot day,
flowers nodding. Continue reading
After the Rain
sunshine after rain,
even the flowers
have wings
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A New Robin
Two weeks of warm, squashy, beating-heart silence,
trapped in an ever-shrinking space, unable to stand or stretch,
until finally I figure out what that egg tooth is for,
peck-peck-pecking until CRACK, the light pours in,
the blue sky winks through veiling green leaves, Continue reading
Rising Above Thorns
a thorny start
drove away birds and bees,
until the bloom
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Paint the Sky
violet spears
daintily paint the sky
with possibility
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Waterfall Melodies
a burbling song
wind in leaves harmonizes,
summer arpeggios
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Friendly Fairy Tales 