There's no wind along these seas, so we must wake the white-ash breeze

[sovay]

My poem "Post-Millennial Augury Blues" was accepted last night by Through the Gate and is now online. It was written a few days after November's election, watching other people's responses and thinking about my own. Everyone wants to think they would have been heroic in the past, but everyone knows how the past turned out. You have to be heroic now, not knowing the ending of the story.

Toward that end, I baked oatmeal cookies with sour cherries, met Dean for tea in Harvard Square, and bought my husband a book for his birthday, which is tomorrow.

Comments

[yhlee]

Yay poem!

[sovay]

Yay poem!

Thank you!

[dewline]

Congratulations on the good news!

[sovay]

Congratulations on the good news!

Thank you!

[davidgillon]

Striking!

"insomnia like an angel sitting at the end of my bed"

That one I know ;)

Everyone wants to think they would have been heroic in the past, but everyone knows how the past turned out. You have to be heroic now, not knowing the ending of the story.

Oh, I love this sentiment. Yes, this!

[sovay]

Striking!

Thank you!

Oh, I love this sentiment. Yes, this!

Feel free to share! It is something I feel very strongly.

[umadoshi]

Ohhh, I really enjoyed that. ^_^

[sovay]

Ohhh, I really enjoyed that.

Thank you!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I still love this poem.

[sovay]

I still love this poem.

I am really glad. Thank you.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

Also, happy birthday, derspatchel! May this year bring you all manner of blessings.

[gwynnega]

I still love that poem, too. And it certainly is apropos.

[sovay]

I still love that poem, too. And it certainly is apropos.

Thank you. I'm sorry!

[spatch]

Thank you very much!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, derspatchel! May this year bring unexpected joys to you and

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Nine

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

You have to be heroic now, not knowing the ending of the story.

Yes!

[sovay]

Yes!

I feel very strongly about this!