HeyJaredThe Poetry Lantern
Essays on being and becoming, grounded by poetry. A quiet space for reflection, resonance, and remembering.
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In the new summer of life (opens the original)
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The parched ochre ground, dry and cracked, now has tiny sprigs of green. It seemed as though the earth itself appeared to be waiting, pregnant with hope, for the rain to bring it back to life. It rained today. This was a summer unlike any other. In a country known for rain, fifty days had passed in drought. My favourite forest, New Forest, is still battling fire. It will take more than a decade to restore the parts. The dried riverbeds expose their vestiges of becoming. Every riverbed and field
What the Water Gave Me (opens the original)
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