along Banks Lake, Wa; a poem: I Am Thankful No matter the chaos of losing one’s life savings as the country I love is dissolved— I am thankful for the warmth of the evening sun shining on my smiles, the rush of a gentle breeze from the marsh as it slips through my hair, the evensong of red-winged blackbirds clinging to last year’s cattails along Banks Lake as we, my best friends, the dog and he, laugh and walk at day’s end. Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography 04.07.2025 NaPoWriMo

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I Am Thankful 2025

April 7, 2025 Sheri Edwards

I Am Thankful

No matter
the chaos
of losing one’s
life savings
as the country
I love
is dissolved—
I am thankful
for the warmth
of the evening sun
shining on my smiles,
the rush of
a gentle breeze
from the marsh
as it slips
through my hair,
the evensong
of red-winged blackbirds
clinging to last year’s
cattails along Banks Lake
as we,
my best friends,
the dog and he,
laugh and walk
at day’s end.
Sheri Edwards
Poetry/Photography
04.07.2025
NaPoWriMo

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“An extended composition based on the translation of spectrograms of observed birds on Lake Ontario, following their singing patterns at dawn and dusk.