poem for a day of changes

"patience / I say to the empty vase / my heart"

Listening to the Waves (Chōtō) by Sakiyama Takayuki

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Three Sunflower Seeds

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

before I push
the dark seeds into the dirt,
preparing the dirt

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waiting
for a beginning—
roomfuls of gold

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patience
I say to the empty vase
my heart

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Creative Invitation

Choose one emblematic word of what you wish to call in for the year, moving forward from today. Write the word and speak it aloud.