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“From Blossoms” by Li-Young Lee

October 14, 2020

From blossoms comes
this brown paper bag of peaches
we bought from the boy
at the bend in the road where we turned toward  
signs painted Peaches.

 From laden boughs, from hands,
from sweet fellowship in the bins,
comes nectar at the roadside, succulent
peaches we devour, dusty skin and all,
comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat. MORE…

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Bishop Anthony Burton is the retired Bishop of Saskatchewan.

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