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Dean Atta has such a clear voice this collection is (unsurprisingly) a joy.
It opens with
On Days When
you feel like a wilting garden,
gather yourself, roll up your lawn,
bouquet your flowers,
embrace your weeds.
You are a wild thing playing
at being tame.
You are rich with life beneath
the surface.
You don’t have to show leaf
and petal to be living.
You are soil and insect and root.
I also tagged …
Pulse 3. Sanctuary
Circassian Circle
Broken Bench (which I think will seem increasingly odd as we forget the restrictions COVID placed on us in early lockdowns).
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