Poetry

Camping in the Redwoods

The air’s so full
nothing is excluded.
I inhale
my son’s smile, my husband’s
arm silent around my shoulder.
I want to store their gestures
like a squirrel’s nuts for winter,
to save the swirling path of sunlight
that loosens shadows
from the trees.

Joanne Durham

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