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fragile
boulder serving as seat
fog lifting and laurel
leaves blushing red
under autumn’s bold gaze
peregrine falcon
floating above
riding currents
into the heavens
this peace
let’s take it with us
roll and pack it like a shirt
we’ll shake out to wear
tomorrow, pull it tight
against our skin as
the workday begins
About the Author: Peggy Hammond’s recent poems appear or are forthcoming in The Blue Mountain Review, Thin Air Magazine, Thimble Literary Magazine, Olit, Club Plum, UCity Review, Heimat Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, River & South Review, Jarfly Magazine, Roanoke Review, and elsewhere. She is a Best of the Net nominee, an Eric Hoffer Poetry Award nominee, and the author of The Fifth House Tilts (Kelsay Books, 2022). Her full-length play A Little Bit of Destiny was produced by OdysseyStage Theatre in Durham, NC.Learn more at https://peggyhammondpoetry.com/
