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Happy New Year! On Friday, I posted about my art journal that I am using for scrap paper poems. Often I am inspired to write while out and about. This weekend I was driving to my parents’ home in Mississippi listening to On Being and watching for birds on the highway. The muse hit, and I scratched out this poem in a tiny notebook I keep in my console.
We are all dizzy
tilting this way and that
speeding through our days
at 75 miles per hour.We distract ourselves with distractions.
We cover noise with sound.So look
at the egret, still and patient.
He flies on white wings
dragging his long stick-like legs
behind him.(c) Margaret Simon
My wish for you in 2019:
Slow down.
Watch the birds.
Savor the sunset.
Speak to the moon.
Hold your loved ones close.
Know when to let go.
Live each day.
Laugh more.
See more.
Be more.
Reflections on the Teche 