Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry
Poetry of the People
Tag: growth
Heirophant
Teach what you want to learn, she says to me And she walks away, for every reaction There is for every branch on one side Of the tree there is for every step Forward there is for every shunning Of the light there is…
The Necessary
When I was a little girl, We had houses of shade Spaced along the road Where the sycamores And elms waved to us, Their branches longer Than time, leaves wider Than space, our hearts Scary with sunshine Too explosive to contain.
