Inauguration – January, 20, 2021: October 30, 2024 Featured Poem

Dear Friends,

I am posting this in the nature of a prayer.

It is from my book All in Measure: A Book of Hours 2020-2022. This is a link to Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb, If Only We Dare It.” Better yet, watch her read it again for hope!

Inauguration – January, 20, 2021

Two petite daffodils—pure essence of yellow
with a smell of heaven and early spring.
These are the color of Amanda’s
wool coat. A sprig of crocosmia
is her crimson headband.

Air in the garden is lighter, my breath
easier. I believe again in hope, vaccines,
the future of our planet,
goodwill, and good intentions.

The potted buckeye tree,
a seedling gift to my daughter
from her preschool teacher,
is almost ready to crack open its buds
and unfurl soft green fans.

I want to suspend this tenderness of hope
the way the hummingbird hovers near my face
in a quiet vibration of wings.


3 thoughts on “Inauguration – January, 20, 2021: October 30, 2024 Featured Poem

  1. So lovely!!

    As always, you insert a healing feeling/thought into the conversation at just the right time

    ❤️❤️

    Sent from phone – please excuse brief message

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