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| Janine Speidel |
Bittersweet
When bittersweet is the taste life offers
Choose the sweet, not the bitter.
When lessons brought my way
from ancestral roots planted in deep past
before time was given a name
spiral up to surface
for me to become tree’s flowering bud
carrying dreams of those who went before.
© Michael Braswell
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| Michael Braswell |
Michael Braswell has published books on ethics, justice issues, and the spiritual journey, as well as four short story collections. His poems and stories have appeared in several publications, including Foreshadow, Mobius, and Literary Heist. His most recent books are When Jesus Came to the Cracker Barrel (2024) and Gracious Plenty (2025).
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