Produced by Dennis Camire

This week’s poem is by Michalene Hague of Otisfield.

You Asked

By Michalene Hague

Give me silence –

moments of snow, wind-rippled

like drifting desert sand,

hollows carved like couches

for contemplation.

Give me quiet –

minutes of fresh-cut grass, its fragrance

filling the space of spring,

before, like birthdays, fading

into Time.

Give me that hush –

bits before bird-song floats

like leaves in summer woods,

spirits lifting in the fluting light

of reflection.

Give me pause –

seconds of voices muted

by the startle of autumn’s feast,

spread like plates of happiness

on family tables.

Gifts? You asked

what I want. These – not for

ever, but for now.

Dennis Camire can be reached at dcamire@cmcc.edu