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Ripples: Poetry by Deborah Beachboard


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            June Bride

            We sometimes congratulate ourselves
            the moment of waking from a troubled dream;
            may it be so the moment after death. ~Hawthorne


            I found a man that grows fuchsias
            as pretty as the ones Grandma grew
            when she was young -
            before age crumpled her body
            and weariness etched the meaning of life.

            June Bride is the name of the one I chose,
            and its brilliant beauty fills the shady corner
            of my front porch;
            its glory reminds me that we are all espoused
            to the Shade -

            and just as Grandma has entered the union,
            so one day shall I.







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