Hello Friends,
Yesterday’s poem was about a human saving animals. Today’s poem is about animals, and nature more broadly, saving us. You may also notice a similarity to the first poem we read this month, “Thinking” by Danusha Laméris, which also expresses a sense that “everything seems to be speeding up” and turns to nature to slow down.
“This Spring” appears in poet James A. Pearson‘s 2024 collection The Wilderness That Bears Your Name.
Enjoy,
Ællen
Yesterday’s poem was about a human saving animals. Today’s poem is about animals, and nature more broadly, saving us. You may also notice a similarity to the first poem we read this month, “Thinking” by Danusha Laméris, which also expresses a sense that “everything seems to be speeding up” and turns to nature to slow down.
“This Spring” appears in poet James A. Pearson‘s 2024 collection The Wilderness That Bears Your Name.
Enjoy,
Ællen
This Spring
How can I love this spring
when it’s pulling me
through my life faster
than any time before it?
When five separate dooms
are promised this decade
and here I am, just trying
to watch a bumblebee cling
to its first purple flower.
I cannot save this world.
But look how it’s trying,
once again, to save me.
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How can I love this spring
when it’s pulling me
through my life faster
than any time before it?
When five separate dooms
are promised this decade
and here I am, just trying
to watch a bumblebee cling
to its first purple flower.
I cannot save this world.
But look how it’s trying,
once again, to save me.
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