{nat’l poetry month: champagne celebration}

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smash champagne against
hardback spine. Wait for edits —
“rewrite everything”

Sorry to be cheating nature again, but I’m knee-deep in other work. I did look at the roses this morning, and found a purple-and-lavender surprise in my front yard — no roses out there, so I don’t usually linger long, but I did want to see if any of the agapanthas had bloomed. When I found the “volunteer,” I gasped, oohed, and aahed, and you will soon see pictures. A shout-out to Andromeda, who first photographed HER purple-and-lavender ruffled surprise, framed it, and sent it to me. Lovely irises…

Awaiting an editorial letter — and girding my loins for a big rewrite — but, it’s a happy place to be; editorial letters mean that, at the end of the road stands your contract. Carry on, writer!

4 Replies to “{nat’l poetry month: champagne celebration}”

  1. Haven’t been reading blogs in an age. Just had to check yours out for NPM, now that it is mid-month, and am delighted with your selections! Thanks for the shout-out. I divided and re-planted my irises a couple years ago and they haven’t recovered fully, sadly. 🙁 I just scrolled past your purple ruffles, and it is gorgeous. (As is your poem). 😀

  2. I love irises, and they are one of the handful of things that grow in my garden like weeds that I don’t object too! (as opposed to the things that grow like weeds because they are weeds).

    I hope the editing goes well!

    1. Thanks. We’ve never had a volunteer iris — but I keep wondering if it’s because our yard is sloped, and it never got enough water before these last, abrupt, wild storms? Was it timing, or are they biannual, or what?? They’re huge and gorgeous…

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