The Paddock Review

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What a Blackberry Knows   

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Sun-warmed,  

a berry melts bumps 

of flavor on my tongue.

I am in no hurry to swallow,

replace this berry

  with another one…

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It reminds me how

each one tastes

like the first blink 

  of morning,

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that moment

when you wake up

and don’t yet know

  how old you are.

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This poem is from the chapbook Reaching for the Nightingale (Finishing Line Press), and is available at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/reaching-for-the-nightingale-by-beth-fox/

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Beth Fox loves being connected to the arts and the community of poetry in New Hampshire.  Her work is found in The Poet’s Touchstone, The Seacoast Anthology, Covid Springs II and the 2010 Poets Guide to NH.  A finalist in four New England contests, she helped seniors publish their work in an anthology, Other Voices, Other Lives.  It was during the pandemic that she reflected on experiences, digging deeper.  The cover of her chapbook speaks to the longing she felt when putting it together. Often found on the water, Beth kayaked 35 miles on Thoreau’s wilderness route in Maine.  That is an example of how she loves exploring… along the way, discovering unique lives in nature, like jumping spiders and skunk cabbage.  Beth lives in Wolfeboro.