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Hatching dragonflies

Stephen Levine, Stephen Levine poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Stephen Levine
(1937 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English
Secular or Eclectic
Contemporary

Sunspots are lily pads,
Buddha a dragonfly.

Remember the first time
your heart froze

it was a hell of a day

but nonetheless
dragonflies were hatching

 

 

-- from Breaking the Drought: Visions of Grace, by Stephen Levine

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Themes

  Heart
 
 
 
 


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Breaking the Drought: Visions of Grace, by Stephen Levine
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