Gorgeous work--especially the lines above--this poem just ticks off all my boxes--thank you for a…

… number of sorrys I have given,
stretch out my tongue, reveal
a desert—dry and barren in my throat. I palm
the sky as I would your face, talk up
to the blue, tell it how the ground — 
salted with blood-thick tears — fakes stillness. Rain
down-talks the desert, numbers itself
into a flood until the raw dirt blooms
with berries. The …
A Bird in the Hand
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Andrea Blythe
Audrey Howitt
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Jun 17, 2024
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Gorgeous work--especially the lines above--this poem just ticks off all my boxes--thank you for a wonderful read!
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Written by Audrey Howitt1.3K Followers
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A licensed attorney and psychotherapist, opera singer, voice teacher, and poet.
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