In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to offer daily poetry during April.

BRING ME A WHEELBARROW
by Laurel Rust

Bring me a wheelbarrow
for my regrets

an earthmover
for the losses

a weed eater
for my rage and furies

a rake
for my tangled thoughts

a wrecker
for all my mistakes

some large, hand-bound volume
of empty pages
for all I have never understood

and bring me
a curio cabinet
for those moments
of beauty and love. Oh,

I meant to be so much
better all these years.
I’ve taken vases of flowers
to so many, and meant
everything. Bring me
a vase of flowers.

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