Some days you have to turn off the news
and listen to the bird or truck
or the neighbor screaming out her life.
You have to close all the books and open
all the windows so that whatever swirls
inside can leave and whatever flutters
against the glass can enter. Some days
you have to unplug the phone and step
out to the porch and rock all afternoon
and allow the sun to tell you what to do.
The whole day has to lie ahead of you
like railroad tracks that drift off into gravel.
Some days you have to walk down the wooden
staircase through the evening fog to the river,
where the peach roses are closing,
sit on the grassy bank and wait for the two geese.
Philip Terman
Planting Along The Verge 
Yes, m’am. This is exactly what some days call for.
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This and some days, a martini.
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Especially now, three days before this crazy election. I have turned off the news and walked down to the river. This is excellent advice. Hugs.
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Good on you Rosemary! I cannot wait for it to be over.
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Perfect poem.
Xoxo
Barbara
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Thank you Barbara! It’s a good one.
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It’s really poetry that sustains us.
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Amen Elizabeth!
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