It is April 21 and we’re expecting light snow flurries today and temperatures in the 40s. Spring is a tease, especially here in Indiana. This weekend it was 70 and sunny, so who knows. I’m hoping in another week the nice weather will come to stay.
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The Luxury of Hesitation (excerpt from The Proof from Motion)
things
forgotten
I could
burn in hell forever
set the glass
down, our
emotion’s moment
eyes vs sunlight
how removed
here, from
here
towards the unfamiliar and
frankincense forests
against the discerning light
everybody
sudden
frightful indeed, the sound of
traffic and
no appetite
the crowd
I would like to be
beautiful when
written
Keith Waldrop
*Courtesy of the Academy of American Poetry for National Poetry Month.
The final two lines of this poem are why I decided to post it. Wonderful.
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Brianna Pike 