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Thank you @Carole Roseland for restacking

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Thank you @Kelly C. Ballantyne for restacking 🧡

carol bennett's avatar

I am loving the .25 inch of rain that just came!

Deb Dorsett Hanson's avatar

"the sky, the color and thickness of butter,

begs the whittler to grab his knife,

to carve a hole for summer to breathe."

Brilliant! Beautiful words, Holly. Y'all stay safe and healthy.

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Thanks so much Deb-I think that is my favorite part too. 💛. We just got some rain and now we need it to rain all day. 🙏

Deb Dorsett Hanson's avatar

I hope you get a good soaking. We need it too. Big drought here.

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I wish Texas could share with the rest of us!

Stephanie Carney's avatar

When I first saw our skies in central NH suddenly turn amber I was astounded, and then I smelled the smoke...astonishing!

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

Powerful. We’ve been through it here, about 7 years ago. Awful and awesome.

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This is becoming the norm but this year is the worst we’ve experienced.

Jill Crammond's avatar

I live in upstate NY and you described our skies yesterday perfectly!

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Thanks, I wish this wasn’t the case 😢

Tony R's avatar

You do have a way with words, Holly! These events and scenes you described are still vivid in my memory. Thankfully, the sky has changed.

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Thanks Tony; hope you are feeling better each day!

Stephanie Dovorany's avatar

I feel like you have captured the aesthetic perfectly the deep contemplation of what is happening to our greatest gift, much needed words to move through these moment. Thanks, Holly. Xx

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Hey Steph and thanks for being here and commenting 💛🌻💛

Pelle Martens's avatar

I love how you found beauty without looking away from the tragedy ❤️

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That’s it, exactly 🌻

Wendy  Gray's avatar

Feeling the familiarity of the experience with this one, Holly! This has me remembering summers in Montana and the constant forest fires. It is eerie. The air is too thick to breathe and the sun glowing with its own fiery light. Apocalyptic, for sure! Awful knowing that someone is enduring such a hot and suffocating experience. There is that knot in the stomach as you hope that people are out of the fires path and that it doesn't reach your own home. Prayers for all affected. 💜🙏🏼

Carole Roseland's avatar

Here in southwest Michigan, the color was peach one evening, then dirty car wash water, and now it’s chalk and cement. The birds have also gone silent. Thanks for this excellent poem that really sums up the feelings we’re all having. I just wonder if it ever ends!

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We are all wondering, it’s dangerous and sad. You are right, the birds have gone silent 😢

Carole Roseland's avatar

It’s a little better here today, with actual sun, occasional blue in the air, but still deathly quiet.

ELIZABETH ARDITTI's avatar

Wow

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Love you E 💚💚💚

Scott W. Schuler's avatar

Beautifully written Holly!

This has been tough to endure, and worse than any of the years I've been on the North Shore. I'm grateful for todays rain, the safety of friends, and some distance from the flames.

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Me too Scott! I almost cried when I heard rain on our metal roof, hope we get more!

Ann Mershon's avatar

Powerful! Love the new title and "for summer to breathe." Genius! May we leave this horrific smokey world behind soon.

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Thanks Ann 💚💚💚

Regina McIntosh's avatar

So awful indeed... A poem both wise and real and like the sound of fear poured out from a heart who has been engulfed by the flames and the horror. Such a wonderful write. So awful though.

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It is awful and it changes your perspective so fast, kind of like my cancer diagnosis did years ago. Thank you for feeling the pain of this one and lack of a happy ending.