MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 27, 2021
(Updated Feb. 28 with additional poem that was unintentionally omitted.)
Here’s the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds-based EPIC Poetry Group.
Winter Limbs
but gracefully draped
curly, brown, slowly absorbing into soil
returning nutrients to the tree
a cycle of life
surging skyward as if in prayer
Do we dread our winter limbs?
Perhaps we too could reach heavenward in joy,
grateful for our life’s leaves
blanketing our roots
Marcia McLaughlin
written for Panorama poetry group; prompt is to write in style of another poet. I chose Mary Oliver.
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then stormy, frigid winters,