CREECH, Sharon (S.C. RIGG)


Man needs bread and hyacinths:

one to feed the body,

and one to feed the soul.

Dog

My dog

is the best dog

in the whole wide world.He can run

faster than anyone

and leap

higher than anyone

and when he looks at me

with those big brown eyes

I know

he loves me

and I love him

more than anything.I wish

he could live

forever.


Footfalls

Thump-thump, thump-thump

bare feet hitting the grass

as I run run run

in the air and like the air

weaving through the trees

skimming over the ground

touching down

thump-thump, thump-thump

here and there

there and here

in the soft damp grass

thump-thump, thump-thump

knowing I could fly fly fly

but letting my feet

thump-thump, thump-thump

touch the earth

at least for now. . .


The Apple