
Sunflowers After Hours
after Mary Oliver's "August"
Lichen & Salt is a publication for poetry and prose written by a mother, teacher and lover of life out here trying to find the beauty in every day.
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after Mary Oliver's "August"

Last week, I went on my first writing residency.
a poem of story and love

a poem after Mary Oliver's "When Did It Happen?"
a poem of return

thoughts on the deliberate, the surprises, and the untamed
the weave of one another
a cento after Mary Oliver's "Nature"

Beneath the Lichen: To look closely at lichen is to witness a symbiosis of fungi, bacteria, and algae woven together into something entirely new and magical.

A poem after Mary Oliver's "Shadows"

a poem on how to still that critical voice

a poem for the longest day of the year
a prose poem
a poem of discovery
a get-to-know-the-writer essay on fear

A private space for us to converse and connect

a poem for Vincent van Gogh

Every weekend it rains.
a poem of more

learning to pray (and write) again