POET OF THE WEEK
Lynn Miller
Week of April 9
Back to your body of water collection
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Bright carp
your woven hues of orange
swimming against the torrent
of the indigo waterfall.
Stay strong --
don’t fall back.
Bright carp
your woven hues of orange
swimming against the torrent
of the indigo waterfall.
Stay strong --
don’t fall back.
Lynn Miller, Seattle
WRITING LIKE WATER Like Piper Creek in Carkeek Park, it goes along whether you notice or not.
TAP WATER USE Drinking, cooking, bathing, showering, watering the garden, washing clothes and dishes.
TO PROTECT WATER My front yard is a mass of plants that attracts birds and squirrels, etc. I don’t water yet it remains green and beautiful.
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