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Journal Article

Reasons to Smile (Avocet; Summer, 2016)

Authors: Rob Jackson


Reasons to Smile


The bubbles that grow as bread dough ferments

The scent of sagebrush when summer drought breaks

A steelhead’s pull on the thousandth cast

Our last whispered words when the lights go out


The vespertine white of a trumpet flower

The trombone solo in Night and Day

I’ve Got You Under My Skin and Cole Porter rhymes

The beautiful lines of your neck


The tectonic faults you let me keep

The golden beeches on winter trails

Our breath that veils the frozen stars

Those first whispered words when the rooster crows

Journal Name
Avocet
Publication Date
2016