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 Poetry Where You Live by Raymond A. Foss 
						There is poetry where you live
 in the real-time, living of our lives
 little bits of grace, of beauty, of magic
 moments, images, sensory collisions
 stopping to notice them,
 to really see them,
 the hula skirt oak blossoms,
 after they have shed their pollen,
 the snow of parmesan cheese on my spaghetti,
 the wedding bouquet of nascent lilacs
 the laugh of our girls, the smile of my wife
 when I come in the door
 the tied-dyed sunset of the other night
 trying to think of the cascade of color
 the cacophony of the birds in the bushes out front
 the story of a gift of grace on the radio
 Slow down, look around, and
 see the poetry where you live too
 
 May 7, 2008
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