Are we willing?

Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash

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           Title?  
    
grounded 
toes wiggle in clover
the grass tickles 
our feet. 

milkweed fills 
our backyard
thriving among the trees 
a job well done.  

a brilliant 
monarch    
glides above the  
wildflowers. 
 
her wings clap 
in slow motion 
she found a place  
to rest— to fuel up. 

generations 
depend on us  
are we willing? 

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Welcome— btrfs, Hmsabetti, armcia.heather, Jennifer.woltjen, ahaguthrie, samiraahmadi7574, lmkantor, sarahshute, ayesha.bakali, and Paul.sidaway to Run to Write. We’re so happy you’re here.

Thank you Gary and Elles for joining me on Monday. It’s such a pleasure to write with others.

Thank you Vineet Mani for giving the Monday write together a try. We hope to see you again soon. :)

Thank you

Rebecca Holden

for your faithful encouragement and sharing Run to Write with your readers.

Thank you to my Ethos Connect and Purple Space community for their thoughts and ideas on this poem.

Thank you Run to Write Club— Athena, Ame, Jeanne, Ramona, Errol, Loni, and Tracy. I can’t wait to join you on September 18th!

Thank you

Nancy Dafoe

for your recent publication, When Mine Canaries Stop Singing. Your poems were an inspiration for this one.

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