“She Browses the Celebrations Page of the Hometown Newspaper”

prompt: "celebrations"

Curser
Hovers over the
Pictures, a

Tuxedoed man and the
Bright white of a
Wedding gown on a
Woman that
Isn’t her, an

Innocent
Newborn it’s
Statistics listed in
Italics beneath, a

Tiny life that was
Almost
Half hers.

“Celebrating Spring”

prompt: "celebration"
Returning birds
Pipe their
Approval as
Leaves
Unfurl and
Seeds
Shake off
Soil, bursting
Sunward.