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Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2913125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-77442715117981894382021-07-02T16:17:00.001-05:002021-07-02T16:17:12.166-05:00Here I Am Again<div style="text-align: left;"> Here I am again</div><div style="text-align: left;">Two seizures</div><div style="text-align: left;">Three doctors</div><div style="text-align: left;">One ER</div><div style="text-align: left;">I do not remember much</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the way</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of my epilepsy</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bother<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-57676886958120887492021-06-20T12:35:00.000-05:002021-06-20T12:35:09.588-05:00Father<div style="text-align: left;"> It is Father's day</div><div style="text-align: left;">It is also your birthday</div><div style="text-align: left;">This year</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Before you died</div><div style="text-align: left;">Our mother moved it</div><div style="text-align: left;">Back one month </div><div style="text-align: left;">As if such things</div><div style="text-align: left;">Can be moved around</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This year <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It is your birthday</div><div style="text-align: left;">And Father's Day</div><div style="text-align: left;">A fitting thing</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I remember</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have moved it back</div><div style="text-align: left;">To its correct date<br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-54446439833194784722021-06-07T11:45:00.000-05:002021-06-07T11:45:16.299-05:00Something New May Come<div style="text-align: left;"> Something new</div><div style="text-align: left;">May come</div><div style="text-align: left;">Something new</div><div style="text-align: left;">Always comes</div><div style="text-align: left;">I sit in my chair</div><div style="text-align: left;">Watch the milkweed</div><div style="text-align: left;">For the monarch's arrival</div><div style="text-align: left;">Watch rhe goldfinch</div><div style="text-align: left;">Swoop</div><div style="text-align: left;">Swoop aagain</div><div style="text-align: left;">Find the thistle seed</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sock</div><div style="text-align: left;">Swoop</div><div style="text-align: left;">Swoop again<br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-57479891872571292942021-06-05T16:01:00.001-05:002021-06-05T16:01:20.881-05:00The Edge<div style="text-align: left;">I live on the edge</div><div style="text-align: left;">I serve on the edge</div><div style="text-align: left;">It has always</div><div style="text-align: left;">Been so</div><div style="text-align: left;">Just so </div><div style="text-align: left;">The liminal world</div><div style="text-align: left;">Has been mine</div><div style="text-align: left;">From the beginning</div><div style="text-align: left;">Til now</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-12967411087557997512021-06-04T12:08:00.002-05:002021-06-04T12:08:51.757-05:00The Wind Blows Through<div style="text-align: left;">The wind blows through</div><div style="text-align: left;">Front to back</div><div style="text-align: left;">Back to front</div><div style="text-align: left;">The cat catches it</div><div style="text-align: left;">Watching the birds</div><div style="text-align: left;">Through the screens</div><div style="text-align: left;">Front to back</div><div style="text-align: left;">Back to front</div><div style="text-align: left;">Wherever the birds</div><div style="text-align: left;">Catch her interest</div><div style="text-align: left;">The robins seem </div><div style="text-align: left;">To be her favorites today</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tomorrow it may be<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The sparrows</div><div style="text-align: left;">She is a creature</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of whim <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-34908874907757688732021-05-30T12:50:00.000-05:002021-05-30T12:50:11.568-05:00Krystallnacht<div style="text-align: left;"> We're not the same</div><div style="text-align: left;">As them</div><div style="text-align: left;">Store windows smashed</div><div style="text-align: left;">Streets filled</div><div style="text-align: left;">With broken glass</div><div style="text-align: left;">Capitol breached</div><div style="text-align: left;">We're not the same</div><div style="text-align: left;">We would never do</div><div style="text-align: left;">Such things</div><div style="text-align: left;">Not us</div><div style="text-align: left;">Not us</div><div style="text-align: left;">Surely</div><div style="text-align: left;">Not us<br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-24946152800850576072021-05-28T17:47:00.006-05:002021-05-28T17:47:58.290-05:00Connected<div style="text-align: left;">We are connected</div><div style="text-align: left;">One device to another</div><div style="text-align: left;">Telephone</div><div style="text-align: left;">Computer</div><div style="text-align: left;">My sleep doctor reads my sleep machine</div><div style="text-align: left;">On line</div><div style="text-align: left;">Begs to differ with me</div><div style="text-align: left;">When I say</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>I'm doing fine</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>No, you're not</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">He states firmly<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Over Zoom<i> </i> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">My seizure watch</div><div style="text-align: left;">Alerts the family</div><div style="text-align: left;">To seizures on the horizon</div><div style="text-align: left;">Because most often</div><div style="text-align: left;">I do not know</div><div style="text-align: left;">They are galloping in</div><div style="text-align: left;">Until after</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have been left</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the dust <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-14729545818665939172021-05-24T16:59:00.003-05:002021-05-25T10:00:11.261-05:00Booth<div style="text-align: left;">Peter <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Stood excited next to Him</div><div style="text-align: left;">On the mountain</div><div style="text-align: left;">Was Jesus tempted to let him</div><div style="text-align: left;">Build it? </div><div style="text-align: left;">Was he tempted</div><div style="text-align: left;">To consider companionship</div><div style="text-align: left;">With Moses and Elijah</div><div style="text-align: left;">The ones who got the drift </div><div style="text-align: left;">Send the disciples back down to the valley</div><div style="text-align: left;">After the construction</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Mary</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The house down the road matches the robin's</div><div style="text-align: left;">Egg-blue shrine to Mary</div><div style="text-align: left;">She chuckles </div><div style="text-align: left;">When we drive by</div><div style="text-align: left;">My friend's son called from Labrador</div><div style="text-align: left;">He will have three days in Kuwait<b> </b>to get acclimated</div><div style="text-align: left;">Before he arrives in Baghdad</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>I prayed the Stations of the Cross last night</i> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <i>I never could get why the Roman Catholics</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Worshiped Mary so much</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>I believe I understand now</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>But now I realize she allowed</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Her Son to be sacrificed <br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Mine is not the same thing</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Of course not</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">I whispered</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>But it is</i><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sukkoth</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">During the Feast of Booths</div><div style="text-align: left;">A temporary shelter is raised</div><div style="text-align: left;">In backyards</div><div style="text-align: left;">Roof open to the sky </div><div style="text-align: left;">Meals are shared there</div><div style="text-align: left;">The kids camp out </div><div style="text-align: left;">For days</div><div style="text-align: left;">A remembrance of the forty years</div><div style="text-align: left;">We are always meant to move on</div><div style="text-align: left;">Roof open to the sky</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Home</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Let us build a booth </div><div style="text-align: left;">See the stars<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-25123659501063019182021-05-21T12:16:00.000-05:002021-05-21T12:16:25.233-05:00Revision<div style="text-align: left;">Do you revise</div><div style="text-align: left;">Your poetry?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sure </div><div style="text-align: left;">You write every day</div><div style="text-align: left;">But what about</div><div style="text-align: left;">Another look</div><div style="text-align: left;">At the same poem</div><div style="text-align: left;">Don't leave her behind <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Take another gander<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not a goose</div><div style="text-align: left;">But a gander </div><div style="text-align: left;">Are there other ways</div><div style="text-align: left;">You may say the same thing</div><div style="text-align: left;">Are there other ways</div><div style="text-align: left;">The same subject calls</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have you said enough</div><div style="text-align: left;">We'd like to hear more <br /></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-60429284337054838872021-05-19T12:42:00.002-05:002021-05-19T12:44:05.093-05:00Jellybeans<div style="text-align: left;">Erik, age five,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Got one watermelon jelly bean<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When he finished his breakfast</div><div style="text-align: left;">My mother visited</div><div style="text-align: left;">She said</div><div style="text-align: left;">We don't eat jelly beans</div><div style="text-align: left;">For breakfast <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Here we do</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">I said</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Here we do</i> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-2594688185983759712021-05-14T08:05:00.001-05:002021-05-14T08:05:14.540-05:00Simply and Wonderfully Made<div style="text-align: left;"> All is</div><div style="text-align: left;">Simply and wonderfully</div><div style="text-align: left;">Made</div><div style="text-align: left;">Whether we notice</div><div style="text-align: left;">Or not </div><div style="text-align: left;">We must put on</div><div style="text-align: left;">Our noticing eyes</div><div style="text-align: left;">Our noticing ears</div><div style="text-align: left;">Then </div><div style="text-align: left;">The world changes <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No</div><div style="text-align: left;">The world speaks to us</div><div style="text-align: left;">The world swoops</div><div style="text-align: left;">Like the goldfinch</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the backyard <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Treasure mined</div><div style="text-align: left;">Next to the linden<br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-30788258719948706302021-05-11T17:57:00.001-05:002021-05-11T17:57:30.589-05:00Doctor's Notes<div style="text-align: left;">The notes arrive</div><div style="text-align: left;">After the visit</div><div style="text-align: left;">They remind me</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of my physical history</div><div style="text-align: left;">The medications I take</div><div style="text-align: left;">When the follow-up</div><div style="text-align: left;">Will come</div><div style="text-align: left;">There is always</div><div style="text-align: left;">A follow-up</div><div style="text-align: left;">Next month</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of course </div><div style="text-align: left;">Next month </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-88255933375625552952021-05-08T17:25:00.003-05:002021-05-08T17:25:34.784-05:00Retired<div style="text-align: left;">The more people I tell</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm retired</div><div style="text-align: left;">The more real</div><div style="text-align: left;">It feels</div><div style="text-align: left;">Retirement does not come</div><div style="text-align: left;">Easy</div><div style="text-align: left;">Still</div><div style="text-align: left;">One person </div><div style="text-align: left;">At a time</div><div style="text-align: left;">With</div><div style="text-align: left;">That a girl <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That a girl</div><div style="text-align: left;">You can do it </div><div style="text-align: left;">I may get there yet<br /></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-85570242015021534122021-05-05T13:10:00.001-05:002021-05-05T14:53:19.530-05:00Sensible Shoes<div style="text-align: left;">I learned the importance</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of sensible shoes</div><div style="text-align: left;">From my mother</div><div style="text-align: left;">She is gone </div><div style="text-align: left;">But sensible</div><div style="text-align: left;">Comfortable shoes</div><div style="text-align: left;">Stay<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I remain grateful<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For the lasting knowledge</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of sensible shoes</div><div style="text-align: left;">It is knowledge</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have passed on</div><div style="text-align: left;">To my daughter<br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-47187637149926843302021-05-01T13:28:00.003-05:002021-05-01T13:28:27.557-05:00Full-Blossomed<div style="text-align: left;"> Full-blossomed</div><div style="text-align: left;">The crab apple out back</div><div style="text-align: left;">Catch it before</div><div style="text-align: left;">The blooms</div><div style="text-align: left;">Are blown away </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Full-blossomed</div><div style="text-align: left;">The singular red tulips</div><div style="text-align: left;">Catch them before </div><div style="text-align: left;">The petals fall off</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the wind</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Full-blossomed</div><div style="text-align: left;">The spring</div><div style="text-align: left;">Catch it before <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It moves</div><div style="text-align: left;">To summer</div><div style="text-align: left;">The fruits arrive</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Full-blossomed</div><div style="text-align: left;">Our children</div><div style="text-align: left;">Catch and hug them before</div><div style="text-align: left;">The wind</div><div style="text-align: left;">Has its way with them</div><div style="text-align: left;">Then</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hug them again <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-40195542339207216072021-04-25T16:27:00.006-05:002021-04-25T16:32:39.139-05:00Good Shepherd<div style="text-align: left;">I am</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Good Shepherd</div><div style="text-align: left;">The flocks I lead</div><div style="text-align: left;">Are many</div><div style="text-align: left;">So many</div><div style="text-align: left;">I find them</div><div style="text-align: left;">Everywhere</div><div style="text-align: left;">No matter where or how <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They are deemed <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Flockworthy</div><div style="text-align: left;">They are mine</div><div style="text-align: left;">I claim them all <br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-43257047462940620612021-04-24T15:46:00.003-05:002021-04-24T15:46:36.574-05:00Street Strider<div style="text-align: left;">The Street Strider arrived</div><div style="text-align: left;">Exactly specified </div><div style="text-align: left;">For my height</div><div style="text-align: left;">Assembled</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ready-to-go</div><div style="text-align: left;">Except</div><div style="text-align: left;">I cannot go </div><div style="text-align: left;">Why do such things</div><div style="text-align: left;">Feel</div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh so familiar</div><div style="text-align: left;">One more stride</div><div style="text-align: left;">I cannot take <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0Kiribati-3.370417 -168.734039-19.791163870263659 173.687836 13.05032987026366 -151.155914tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-74038835630732329472021-04-21T14:57:00.003-05:002021-04-21T14:57:42.509-05:00Derek Chauvin<div style="text-align: left;">I am thrown</div><div style="text-align: left;">Back into prayer</div><div style="text-align: left;">Back into the up-welling surge</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of sorrow</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of an overwhelmed state</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of unknowing the next steps<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While knowing</div><div style="text-align: left;">What the next steps</div><div style="text-align: left;">Will be </div><div style="text-align: left;">I am thrown</div><div style="text-align: left;">Back into prayer</div><div style="text-align: left;">And prayer</div><div style="text-align: left;">Again<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-71231079536898057392021-04-18T15:01:00.000-05:002021-04-18T15:01:10.453-05:00Find Another Way<div style="text-align: left;">When the old ways</div><div style="text-align: left;">Don't work</div><div style="text-align: left;">Find another way</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">When the old paths</div><div style="text-align: left;">Go missing</div><div style="text-align: left;">Find another way</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">When best laid plans</div><div style="text-align: left;">Are no longer best laid</div><div style="text-align: left;">Find another way </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sit and wait</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sit and wait</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sit and wait</div><div style="text-align: left;">Find another way<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-72601896272941599612021-04-15T16:17:00.002-05:002021-04-15T16:17:56.789-05:00One Rung at a Time<div style="text-align: left;">I climb</div><div style="text-align: left;">One rung at a time</div><div style="text-align: left;">And only<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When the ladder appears </div><div style="text-align: left;">When my ankles allow</div><div style="text-align: left;">The step</div><div style="text-align: left;">Then</div><div style="text-align: left;">Only then</div><div style="text-align: left;">The next step</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is so slow</div><div style="text-align: left;">One rung at a time</div><div style="text-align: left;">And then only</div><div style="text-align: left;">When the ladder</div><div style="text-align: left;">Appears<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-40288687953579794232021-04-14T08:29:00.003-05:002021-04-14T08:29:46.595-05:00One Red Tulip at a Time<div style="text-align: left;">The sun fills the sky</div><div style="text-align: left;">More and more</div><div style="text-align: left;">When I open my eyes</div><div style="text-align: left;">Walk around block</div><div style="text-align: left;">Take it in</div><div style="text-align: left;">One ray at a time</div><div style="text-align: left;">When I see the cardinal</div><div style="text-align: left;">One bird </div><div style="text-align: left;">At a time</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Everything is meant</div><div style="text-align: left;">To be savored</div><div style="text-align: left;">Individually</div><div style="text-align: left;">One red tulip</div><div style="text-align: left;">At a time<br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-47044932878358556822021-04-12T14:44:00.002-05:002021-04-12T14:44:57.168-05:00Hope Springs<div style="text-align: left;">Hope springs</div><div style="text-align: left;">With this season</div><div style="text-align: left;">Unlike last year</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">We pay attention</div><div style="text-align: left;">To the forsythia</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anew</div><div style="text-align: left;">Through freshly opened </div><div style="text-align: left;">Eyes</div><div style="text-align: left;">Awake</div><div style="text-align: left;">To new possibilities</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">We remember</div><div style="text-align: left;">What has gone before</div><div style="text-align: left;">So much </div><div style="text-align: left;">Has gone before</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We do not forget</div><div style="text-align: left;">We must not forget</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Still</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope springs</div><div style="text-align: left;">With this season <br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-71758737545888273612021-04-09T13:16:00.000-05:002021-04-09T13:16:28.623-05:00The Red Bud Begins<div style="text-align: left;">The red bud begins</div><div style="text-align: left;">Its hither thither blossoms</div><div style="text-align: left;">I first discovered</div><div style="text-align: left;">It in college</div><div style="text-align: left;">Only to find the blossoms<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Outside</div><div style="text-align: left;">The bedroom window here</div><div style="text-align: left;">Leaping forth</div><div style="text-align: left;">From even the trunk</div><div style="text-align: left;">No other tree</div><div style="text-align: left;">Does this</div><div style="text-align: left;">Like this</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The crab apple in back</div><div style="text-align: left;">Blooms</div><div style="text-align: left;">In a much more organized way</div><div style="text-align: left;">Each blossom with the potential</div><div style="text-align: left;">Of an apple</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-87432358247287878572021-04-08T15:57:00.000-05:002021-04-08T15:57:03.605-05:00The Girl Arrived<div style="text-align: left;">The girl arrived </div><div style="text-align: left;">On the plane</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yesterday</div><div style="text-align: left;">She always comes</div><div style="text-align: left;">With new things</div><div style="text-align: left;">For us to do</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sometimes we say yes</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sometimes no</div><div style="text-align: left;">She is downtown</div><div style="text-align: left;">With the boy</div><div style="text-align: left;">Having lunch</div><div style="text-align: left;">We do not know</div><div style="text-align: left;">If she arrives</div><div style="text-align: left;">With a separate list</div><div style="text-align: left;">For him</div><div style="text-align: left;">Their relationship</div><div style="text-align: left;">Is their own</div><div style="text-align: left;">We will never know<br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507550930607438158.post-56108172255717516442021-04-03T16:02:00.000-05:002021-04-03T16:02:54.600-05:00The Seeds Arrived<div style="text-align: left;">The seeds arrived by mail<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yesterday</div><div style="text-align: left;">Wildflowers</div><div style="text-align: left;">Red clover</div><div style="text-align: left;">Clover balls to bury <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With the yard cleared</div><div style="text-align: left;">By the lawn people</div><div style="text-align: left;">There is room </div><div style="text-align: left;">To plant</div><div style="text-align: left;">On Easter</div><div style="text-align: left;">Even though </div><div style="text-align: left;">We will not see growth</div><div style="text-align: left;">Immediately</div><div style="text-align: left;">Soon</div><div style="text-align: left;">Soon</div><div style="text-align: left;">Soon enough</div><div style="text-align: left;">Easter is a season long<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Catharine Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567747675860349845noreply@blogger.com0