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Peter Walker's avatar

Incredible imagary Joseph! This poem has made my day!

A good poem always makes you see the world differently, but a great poem is an ikon of deep reality and allows you to carry with you that newness of creation even in a single line or phrase that takes your breath away when you read it. "reassembling the sky" from the melting ice in a pothole does that for me. This is a precious poem! A true psalm. In the straining of life back out of the ice and greyness I hear Christ saying "my father is working till now and I AM working also" (Jn 5:17). Thank you!

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Joseph Massey's avatar

Thank you, Peter!

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Paula S.'s avatar

"an exhaustion of green gouged out by gray". Being from the Pacific Northwest, this line struck a nerve. I know well of green and gray. Lovely poem.

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Joseph Massey's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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Sue Cauhape's avatar

Photos like this fascinate me because my brain has to figure out the context first before it sinks it. That's a fun exercise. And the poem is lovely, the sting of changing seasons.

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Henry Lewis's avatar

Scant and beautiful. As it should be. Very nice.

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Dave Mead's avatar

Beautiful! 👏

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Nora O’Dowd's avatar

Beauty! Thank you

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