I’m amazed by seeds, how small they are. When I sow them in the garden I spend time with them, roll the round radish seeds in my fingers, look closely at lettuce, tiny parsley seeds. It’s the seeds of trees that are the real miracles, so small to become to huge …
FROM SMALL 
a tree grows
out of my pocket
from one acorn
I touch branches
with my lips
suck buds
until flowers blow
through my hand
and there are
oak trees for sale
first published in Thorny Locust
Those Blue Shoes for ages 7-11 … Weston’s … skill in juggling time past with time present … the plot unfolds with fast-paced action, mystery, suspense and even a ghost. Joan Givner
