Oh, I think Spencer got his spectacular New Year's Eve, all right. Whew! I doubt I could keep up with Owen and CJ. I'd want an 18-hour sleep flight home just to recover. But what a great way to spend time with our favorite gang. Thanks for all the wonderful scenes in this chapter.
Plenty happened in this chapter: Beecher speaks from beyond the grave. The sheriff is made aware of where things stand. And Caleb is Wren’s comfort. Their bond is growing. Thanks for another excellent read!
Thank you, Adi. I’m particularly happy you liked my uncertain poem on Herr Heisenberg. It was my first thought on the prompt about uncertainty. I’d very much like to borrow that broom you speak of! Thank you so much for reading these, and for letting them strike notes and chords with you.
You know me well enough to have found the poem that dwells so close to my heart. That old coat doesn’t get out much anymore, but I know its feel and heft intimately.
This month worked for me, but I can anticipate that year when I’d prefer to do as you have done. You surely produced a gem the other morning.
thanks and hugs - P
I’m very grateful you took time to read this last batch for April. That coat in April 27 is getting a little tight and worn, but I’m keeping it. Thank you very much for your response!
I’m very happy to learn a new phrase: soul piece. How wonderful to be able to write about the uncertainty principle in poetry. I hope it gave the essence of Heisenberg’s statement. You and I both love the spring. Thanks so much for reading these and responding to them.
Thank you, Gary. You're really kind in your response to this installment and to all the earlier poems in this collection. It makes me smile that you can hear my voice speaking in each one.
Thank you for teaching us how to build Skyscrapers, and for making poetry come alive for me again. I enjoy writing in the form, and it gladdens me to know these have begun to fill your original intent. Your reactions to April 26 and 28's sonnets are so very kind. I'm very happy you thought the prelude worked.
Thank you, Val! I’m especially happy you liked my 31st. I hope you don’t mind I doubled up on the 26th. I’m very grateful you read these, and thanks for your encouragement.
I really enjoyed reading these responses. As a justifiably neglected musician, I know how much music and art can infuse themselves in one's writing. @Thorn Wilde's work is always thought provoking. The questions posed brought this out. It was great to see new author @Wayne Gray included too. Thanks again for this feature!
April 22
Not silence
is not a commotion
nor is not quietude restlessness;
it isn’t either all or none of these I feel,
not measured words and cold argument,
nor reverberations
of the heart.
April 23
The hill is colored in uncertainty;
every tree blushes in spring fashions,
and shy woodland flowers
are coaxed from cold ground
onto the forest floor to dance;
yet every pink bud and each new green leaf
looks over i