Written in May 2005; published on 31 December 2018; republished on 16 December 2020

CALIFORNIA EVERLASTING
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett
May 2005

I do so love the light – but still –
this dappled, elfin land
cools summer’s wrath
and few dare venture here.

One day these guardian sprites
may wax more cruel – but now –
my heart dreams
one more day
and one more patch of sun.

Image: “Lemonadeberry,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com .. 

Image: “Lemonadeberry,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com .. 

–from Link: “California Everlasting,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, written in May 2005; published on 31 December 2018; republished on 16 December 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-l35 ..

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Alice B. Clagett

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