ANOTHER SARAH
for Christopher Smart
When winter was half over
God sent three angels to the apple tree
Who said to her
“Be glad, you little rack
Of empty sticks,
Because you have been chosen.
In May you will become
A wave of living sweetness
A nation of white petals
A dynasty of apples.”
-Anne Porter
Gladsome Lights 
Beautiful.
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I long for the gifts of May!
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This is wonderful! I may have to snag this one for my own blog, just so some others can enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it here.
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Wonderful selection! Perfect mix of humor and hope. I’m going to pass it on.
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Even here in the frozen north I think I can see light at the end of the wintery tunnel! This is a very hopeful poem. 😉
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Lovely
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I’ve been loving Psalm 37 this weekend. A future to the man of peace. The land and great peace to the meek. God bless skinny apple trees everywhere.
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oh, how lovely! and i will share a poem with you that was printed in elizabeth berg’s latest book, ‘confession club.’
the mystical teachings’
do not erase sorrow.’
they say, here is your life.
what will you do with it?
~ yehoshua november
from ‘two worlds exist’
i’ve read reviews of this book of poems and am going to order it from amazon. one good poem deserves another, right?
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