By Rose Loving
PROMPT — Who am I today?
Today
I am as resilient
as the King Edward daffodils
Last week they ended
a long period of withdrawal
and courageously unfolded
A week of snow days passed
at the end of April
Their faces now pushed to the ground
humbled with dirt stained cheeks
No tears to be found
Just a few drops of glistening rain
But they will surely rise again
Looking up to the same wide sky
that beckons us every sunny day
Gathering that earthbound wisdom
And core strength
To stand up once again
Like a flag rising up the pole
To announce our victory
Rose Loving moved to Vermont 47 years ago in 1973 and immediately knew it was home. She graduated from Johnson State College, where she found a passion for ceramics. Soon after, she worked as a public school teacher in rural Vermont. When clay was not available to her, she took up a self-invented, experimental watercolor process, painting ethereal mono-prints. Eventually, she brought this process into Vermont schools, teaching it to students as an artist-in-residence. For 22 years, Rose has put hands to ground to manage a gardening business with private clients. She is also a certified Kripalu yoga teacher, teaching until three years ago when she directed her attention to caring for her mom. Rose has always journaled. Recently she enjoys creative writing and poetry. She has steadily participated in writing workshops with Joni Cole at The Writer’s Center and continues to write from her vantage point on the hilltop in Tunbridge.
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