The Ninth of August

Elizabeth Helmich
1 min readAug 9, 2019

poems from the north, day 6

Echinacea — photo, my own

We only appreciate the breeze
after an utter lack thereof.

It’s easier to notice the details
in nature than to examine
the passing tides of mood
that flow through constant
rearrangement.

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Elizabeth Helmich

Holes and a series of rabbits — my debut poetry collection — now available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089RRRGXX/