Greg Hobbs sent this picture poem in email yesterday. He’s inspired by family, country, and Colorado this 4th of July.
Interdependence Days 2014
The Columbine
our flags salute
colorful communities loved by peoples who came before
going on foot to see, preserve, and persevere
public places
to stride, and gain within
the close up
small
the great
hands of a mother
creating
pink and gold puppies
through private windows, free wild nurtured
no monopoly but precious grandmother
grandfather wizard time
with the Alleluia chorus.
at the cabin and Staunton State Park, Jefferson County, Colorado
daughter Emily, granddaughters Ella and Grace, son-in-law Mark,
Bobbie and Greg Hobbs and Strider, 7/4/2014