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Poem of the Month: March 2006

 

A Blessing Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And the eyes of those two Indian ponies darken with kindness. They have come gladly out of the willows to welcome my friend and me. We step over the barbed wire into the pasture where they have been grazing all day, alone. They ripple tensely, they can hardly      contain their happiness that we have come. They bow shyly as wet swans. They love each other. There is no loneliness like theirs. At home once more, they begin munching the young tufts of spring      in the darkness. I would like to hold the slenderer one in my arms, for she has walked over to me and nuzzled my left hand. She is black and white, Her mane falls wild on her forehead, and the light breeze moves me to caress her long ear that is delicate as the skin over a girl's wrist. Suddenly I realize that if I stepped out of my body I would break into blossom.   - James Wright Journal prompts: Write about a time when you shared an intimate moment with an animal. Begin a poem or a write, "Just off the highway . . ." When was the last time you felt you might "break/ into blossom"?

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