Today by Bonnie Demerjian
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Today
after Billy Collins
Today, such a wonder — a baby stares with shining attention
turning, turning its head, plump with someday
though all is now, as
in unhurried dance, palm revolves in thrall to the moment,
life lines at the ready and already inscrutable, while
delicate nails gleam like shells. On unmarked sand
not yet inscribed by the ocean’s future and in
awesome innocence, unblinking wakefulness command —
do thou likewise:
stop the world and plunge into the gaze because
today is just that kind of day.
© Bonnie Demerjian
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| Bonnie Demerjian |
Bonnie Demerjian writes from her home in the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, a place that nourishes her writing. Her poetry has appeared in Tidal Echoes, Alaska Women Speak, and Blue Heron Review, among others. She has also written four books on the area’s human and natural history.
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love that last stanza!
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