Monthly Archives: June 2021

Does the Sparrow Worship You?

Posted on June 25, 2021 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

  Does the sparrow worship you? When making a nest in some hidden place When laying a clutch When anticipating the hatch When feeding the insatiable When watching them fledge; Does the sparrow worship you?   Does the nuthatch trill … Continue reading →

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For those who do not know exactly what a Prayer is

Posted on June 18, 2021 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung herself out of the grass the one who is eating sugar out … Continue reading →

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Learning to Live

Posted on June 11, 2021 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

I Learnt to Live, by Sofia Kioroglou Before I got cancerI cavilled at everythingCaterwauled and spat outUnmentionable adjectives Before I got cancerMy children hated meI was controlling and unbearableA helicopter hovering over them the whole time Before I got cancer,I … Continue reading →

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Lap Upon Your Shore

Posted on June 4, 2021 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

Lap Upon Your Shore   Everyone has wanted a piece of you till there would be no pieces left, I thought. I have watched you proceed and recede As age washes up on your coast.   After all these years, … Continue reading →

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