Where I Find Poems
In laughter, in tears,
in the wind and in stillness,
in a friend’s grateful praise on facebook
for the ordinary pleasantries of life,
in books, in libraries, in trees and the garden,
in cafes, in lexpomo, in stars—and always in the moon—
in smiles of strangers, my sisters, my grandchildren,
in the kindnesses of people, in pinterest, in magazines, in newspapers,
in the water of lakes, rivers, ponds, even the buzz of misquotes
on whom the hummingbirds feed, hummingbirds poems all their own,
in a cool glass of water, a slice of watermelon, in memories,
in mud and phone calls and notes arriving in the mail,
in the post office, the ups truck, the grocery aisles, the buzz
of lawn mowers and the uncut roadsides and fence rows,
in thunder and lightening, in lamps, in campfires,
in sand and dirt and oceans and…
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I have enjoyed the reading and the writing of this June. Much tenderness & thanks to everyone!
Your poems have such a deep core. Thank you for writing them. I’ve enjoyed reading them.
They are also found at the end of your pen.
thank you for so many good words.
Bruce Florence
Love your list and the perfect ending…
so much inspiration all around us and in us that brings out the best… have a great night!
Love this. This poem is a gift.
driveway puddles
spiders trapped by mud daubers
nest robbers
pond bobbers
words used for fishing bait