The Good Life
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Mornings, light and smiling
Coffee brewing, black
Meat frying in a cast iron skillet
Grease, flour and milk, stirred together
Gravy poured over steaming biscuits
Granny’s breakfast...
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Categories:
cookstove, appreciation, blessing, celebration, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Grace
...Mama and Granny
Herded children through the kitchen
Out the screen door, to the yard
Where we wouldn’t be underfoot
Cousins all brown from summer
Sun baking soft skin and erasing
The loneline...
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Categories:
cookstove, childhood, faith, family, food,
Form: Free verse
The Snowflake
...The Snowflake
Sit quietly
And pretend
There's a roaring fire
In the fireplace
The snow
Silently builds
Against the north side
Of the house.
Smell
The smoke?
Listen
To the wind...
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Categories:
cookstove, memory, snow, wind, winter,
Form: Free verse