4.08.2026

come out to a world made new

When I take the chilly tools 
from the shed's darkness, I come 
out to a world made new 
by heat and light. 
 
The snake basks and dozes 
on a large flat stone. 
It reared and scolded me 
for raking too close to its hole. 
 
Like a mad red brain 
the involute rhubarb leaf 
thinks its way up 
through loam. 
 
[Jane Kenyon {1947-1995} 'April Chores', from Otherwise: Poems]

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