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TO DENISE…

HOME LOOKS LIKE Tiny white lights during winter months we string together between bare branches of mountain ash and cherry.
HOME SOUNDS LIKE My husband whistling; Dad singing, our grandchildren singing.
PERSONAL MOTTO Find the meaning.

Ode to Earth

On the midnight train you will remember
sweet, burnt, marshmallow-mouth kisses;
Stillaguamish canoe trip, cold water wade,
knee-deep, hooking steelhead, rainbow trout.

The body’s ache for rain. Font of a buddy’s
name chiseled on the wall. Craving apricots.
These things you’ll remember, leaping
fireweed, ponytail ablaze, snaring seed.

Ode to Earth

On the midnight train you will remember
sweet, burnt, marshmallow-mouth kisses;
Stillaguamish canoe trip, cold water wade,
knee-deep, hooking steelhead, rainbow trout.

The body’s ache for rain. Font of a buddy’s
name chiseled on the wall. Craving apricots.
These things you’ll remember, leaping
fireweed, ponytail ablaze, snaring seed.

Denise Calvetti Michaels

Kirkland / Salinas, CA

 
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