Those sweet days unburdened

full of delights, happy hearts

awash in blues, pinks, yellows

are swallowed in satisfied bites.

In the process, our lips become frosted

sprinkled with confetti wishes. 

They offer up cupcakes kisses 

on those days that seem to be colored 

in nothing but gray.

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Angela Hoffman’s poetry collections include Resurrection Lily (Kelsay Books, 2022) and Olly Olly Oxen Free (forthcoming, Kelsay Books, 2023). She placed third in the WFOP Kay Saunders Memorial Emerging Poet, 2022. She has written a poem a day since the start of the pandemic. Angela lives in Jefferson, Wisconsin. 

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The flakes float like feathers, melodies of silence

spilling over everything: the ground, shoulder’s burdened

onto the pocked park benches. Brush it aside.

Come, sit, pause in the hush, this unknowing.

Tilt your head back, lift your eyes to the sky

face the dark. Remember what it felt like

when you pretended to be asleep, your mother

kissing the lashes of your closed lids.

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Angela Hoffman’s poetry collections include Resurrection Lily (Kelsay Books, 2022) and Olly Olly Oxen Free (forthcoming, Kelsay Books, 2023). She placed third in the WFOP Kay Saunders Memorial Emerging Poet, 2022. She has written a poem a day since the start of the pandemic. Angela lives in Jefferson, Wisconsin. 

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A soft summer rain

The amber and golden leaves

The first snowfall that quiets all

The thaw and drip of spring

break apart the ordinary days

strung out like gray socks on the clothesline 

elevate them 

into sacramental garb. 

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Angela Hoffman’s poetry collections include Resurrection Lily (Kelsay Books, 2022) and Olly Olly Oxen Free (forthcoming, Kelsay Books, 2023). She placed third in the WFOP Kay Saunders Memorial Emerging Poet, 2022. She has written a poem a day since the start of the pandemic. Angela lives in Jefferson, Wisconsin. 

https://www.facebook.com/angelahoffmanpoet