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The marsh marigold comes..

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September 9, 2022
Painting of a woman crouching to pick marigolds from the grass
The March Marigold, Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1870

Dan Schwerin’s poetry comes from life on a farm or…

The marsh marigold comes
early to greening riverbanks.
Some call it cowslip, blaming it
like Eve—but all of us will fall.
Step like bovine to the near side of God,
we are all here so lightly.

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Dan Schwerin’s poetry comes from life on a farm or making his rounds across thirty plus years as a pastor in Wisconsin, and now as the bishop of the Northern Illinois Conference of The United Methodist Church. His debut haiku collection, ORS, from red moon press, won the Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Award in 2016. You can find him on Twitter @SchwerinDan.

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