Gift
O magnolia bloom
floating in a shallow bowl
adorning my window sill
glowing golden now
luminous in waning
a beauty
still
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Donna Hilbert’s latest book is Enormous Blue Umbrella from Moon Tide Press, following Threnody, Moon Tide, 2022. A second edition of Gravity: New & Selected Poems is forthcoming from Moon Tide in early 2025.Work has appeared in numerous journals and broadcasts including Cultural Daily, Gyroscope, Rattle, Sheila Na Gig, ONE ART, Vox Populi, The Writer’s Almanac, Lyric Life, and anthologies including The Poetry of Presence volumes I & II, The Path to Kindness, The Wonder of Small Things, I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing. www.donnahilbert.com
Love Donna Hilbert’s work, and this poem represents a lyrical side to her, an interesting direction for her imagination.
Thank you so much, Michael!
Pure Magic
So much beauty in a few short lines.
Donna’s poetry and photography are both so observant, and this poem really is visual to me, but also has a philosophical dimension. So much to ponder in such a short poem!