"The Daisies Have Returned" by Risa Denenberg

The Daisies Have Returned

It’s happening again. Not as metaphor. More like natural science: first daffodils, then irises and tulips, the magnificent orange poppies, and now this. I wonder if person-blossoms will return in time. Sprout new seed-legs from subterranean roots? Or rise like helium balloons released at a child’s birthday party? I’ve cried every day this month. Forget barefoot summers, June weddings, senior prom. See how blueness performs itself in sky. It’s now, and daisies are exploding everywhere.

Risa Denenberg

Risa Denenberg lives on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state, where she works as a nurse practitioner. She is a co-founder and editor at Headmistress Press and a curator at The Poetry Café. She has published six collections of poetry, most recently, slight faith (MoonPath Press, 2018) and the chapbook, Posthuman, finalist in the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Contest (2020).

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