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THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW

(Free Verse) by Sara Etgen-Baker

how the brightness of

today’s early sun

resembles how I feel

as it struggles to break

through the clouds.

how the sun calls on

my desire for a clear day

hoping to see the sky

turning to

gold and broadcast blue.

warm April days emerge

leaving only memories

of winter’s snow sculptures,

an artform all their own,

now gone.

their leaving ushers in a turning

of the spirit.

change is coming with the lush green

of spiky pines, rising

and rising

through the clouds.

through the open wind

my mood changes

as winter’s chilly air

sings

a new song.

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Kathryn McCone Usher's avatar

Kathryn McCone Usher

21/4/2025

Kindku

(Credit,

Louis MacNeice, Canto XVII)

Wall

Cracking wall, ivy

Rampant, tapping Elder tree

Black veiled dusty sill

Behind thread-bare well-worn chair

Creaking, screeching bough

Two dogs barking in the cold

Muse aroused again

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