May 2024
Bio Note: These poems were written during last spring’s residency at Write On Door County in Wisconsin. This spring, at Write On, I will teach “The Rapture of Being Alive,” as a week-long workshop. I am so grateful for the opportunity to walk and write on two different peninsulas—one tiny in Long Beach, one large in Wisconsin.
Iris in the Mind
I so anticipate the iris bloom
I think I see one from the window
of the room where I sit, writing.
I go outside to check and find
only a reflection on a rock.
The iris will rise and fall
in its own time, and I settle
for the iris in my mind.
Originally published in The Journal of Radical Wonder
Field Notes: The Woods in May
Spring unfurls
One flower at a time
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Sunrise on forsythia
Dazzle of gold
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At the bay
Inhalation of Mayflies
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Jonquil with an orange kiss inside
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Doe lying on a bed of leaves
Belly round with life
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Against gray rock, tulip rising red
Originally published in The Journal of Radical Wonder
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