Really beautiful. I think maybe the most important skill for a poet is the ability to simply notice things. Everything you share here demonstrates that skill.
Thank you, Kim! I'm so glad this was evocative for you. And petrichor really should be the official regional aroma of the PNW! 🤔 I'll see who I can talk to about that...
I just read the poem again. I like it even more second time round.
Thank you, Thomas! That's such a nice thing to hear. :)
Really beautiful. I think maybe the most important skill for a poet is the ability to simply notice things. Everything you share here demonstrates that skill.
Thank you, Tara! I really appreciate the comment. :)
Can’t add much to the above - beautifully cozy sad it is!
Thanks, Thomas!
I love cozy-sad. This is beautiful. It reminds me of so many road trips through the desert.
Thank you, LeeAnn! The locale that inspired the poem is dry and sparse, so I'm glad the desert feeling came through for you.
“Cozy-sad” truly is a good description of this poem in particular. It’s lovely.
Thank you, Margaret! Yes, Petra really coins some great descriptions. 😊
"... speaking only softly of humble things.
Sharing the burden of the plateau sun,
and at night dreaming
of the open road, and of the sea."
Oh, my heart. ❤️🩹
😊 I'm happy my poem connected with you.
I could smell petrichor as dark clouds in the east moved toward those rusting, weedy trucks. Vivid!
Thank you, Kim! I'm so glad this was evocative for you. And petrichor really should be the official regional aroma of the PNW! 🤔 I'll see who I can talk to about that...