Bird silhouettes go up and down the laddered
dogwood branches; in the ditch, a strip of open water.
How do they thrive upon so little?
Their shadows ripple like blooms upon the open water.
Riding back from the city on a train, swaths
of farmland, then the flash of open water.
The days, so cold and riddled with damp rain.
And still I’d rather have the clarity of open water.
These months and years have strung their tears
and prayers together: o grant us passage now to open water.
—Luisa A. Igloria
02.06.2011
In response to today’s Morning Porch entry (via Blackberry).
Another interesting batting-back-and-forth between you two.
Thanks, but I think it’s more like I’m pitching and she’s hitting (in this case, out of the park).
Hmm, you saying I don’t color inside the lines? :)
Marly, were you at the AWP in DC?