What I’ve Been Missing

Posted on July 7, 2025 by stevieslaw

I have two poems in the Schuylkill Valley Journal. Here is the first.

What I’ve Been Missing

It’s a two-parka morning.
Bare beech branches
shiver in the considerable wind.

Yet, I am out on my lawn chair
in the back yard,
head tilted to catch that first sliver

of sun as it clears the cloud line
and caresses my paper-pale face—
like the blessing of a long-absent father.

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4 Responses to What I’ve Been Missing

  1. Sarah Russell's avatar Sarah Russell says:
    July 7, 2025 at 3:13 pm

    Wonderful. I was right there with you.

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  2. beth's avatar beth says:
    July 7, 2025 at 8:57 pm

    wonderful!

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