TAKE HEART

To escape a day’s news
filled with conflict and cruelty,
shut down the computer
long before sunrise
and turn to the window
to watch a thunderstorm
blow in from the west
when lightening illuminates
wind-bent oak trees
and there is proof of rain
in a faint ribbon of light
reflecting off the pavement.

Be joyful in these things,
and all else will pass.

– Joseph Neely

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My book, SLOW RIVERS, can be ordered through your local bookstore or online via bookshop.org. (ISBN 979-8-218-43822-7). Yes, you can also find Slow Rivers on Amazon, but does Jeff Bezos really need the money?

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