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©2023 Miroslava Panayotova
chasing shadows
driving this long stretch of road chasing shadows as the clouds fly across the sun. leaves dance upon the wind forever leaving the security of their branch to fly free. swirling about each other on the winds breath settling gently on the gray pavement weaving a carpet of color. red, yellow, orange and brown waiting for the moment a car passes by to liberate them from the ground, to fly again. what a cold wind blows against my skin but when the sun bursts through the warmth radiates out to touch all. gone are the birds, the butterflies. grown is the corn ready to be cut. so as i drive this long stretch of road chasing shadows of clouds flying fast i think of you, and smile.
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jsburl…
…has an MFA and is a hemorrhagic stroke survivor who lives in Northern NY. She loves her family, the mountains, gardening, writing poetry and stories, oil painting, dragons, and animals large and small. She lives with her partner and her dog Tippy, and has just finished her master’s degree in Creative Writing. She was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta International English Society, and The National Society of Leadership and Success. She has been a journalist and won state and US competitions, and has two children’s books slated for release this year. The stroke took her mobility, but not her creativity. Her favorite thing to tell people is “Make every day an extraordinary day.”
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