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Poetry

A process not to be hurried

by Bonnie Thurston in the July 1, 2020 issue
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Long solitude is a gradual
drawing inward, going deeper,
like autumn bulbs
snuggling into the soil,
marinating in darkness.

When the isolation ends,
do not hurry the process.
First the shy, green shoot,
then the tentative tip
of a fragile stalk arises
to carry a bud opening
slowly, in its own time.

 

This poem appears in the July 1, 2020 issue.

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