red-orange flames,
breeze across the zinnias
thick with summer scent
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Songs in the quiet places,
the in-between spaces, Continue reading
No matter how gorgeous the path,
eventually I come to the end. Continue reading
crowded banks of daisies
drowse and nod,
smiling
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cheek by jowl
close at hand
neck and neck
connected Continue reading
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
a daisy at noon,
opens a spiraling path
to the heart
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waterfall murmurs
a poem of golden light,
celebrating labor
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Summer is
a meandering path,
mowed green,
leaf music,
birdsong bursts,
shade on a hot day,
flowers nodding. Continue reading
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