Flowering Nettle

The life inside a life:

The thistle with a worm inside,

A blossom with no color of its own.

A person’s calling

Is unpainted wind.

Inside a life, earth turns,

The old sing.

A boy can hear Blood verses

Down in the petals….

–in memory of Harry Martinson

S.K.

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Author: stevekuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University

0 thoughts on “Flowering Nettle”

  1. “unpainted wind.” Genius. And from a later post, “crows talking Russian.”
    I absolutely love the minds of poets, writers and poetic writers like you, Steve. Thank you for sharing your gift.

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