FOUND POEM: A Sister's Advice

from The Book of Answers by Carol Bolt

Do it early: Be more generous
A year from now it won't matter
Gentle persistance will pay off
Allow yourself to rest first
Startling events may occur as a result
That's out of your control
Listen more carefully; then you will know
Consider it an opportunity

When the earth sleeps

Shorn fields are wrapped

like a bed-ready Grandma,

her head in curlers.

Photo by Kevin Dooley; Poetry by Heather Taylor