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Juan Felipe Herrera
1948 –

with design by Anthony Cody 

​grocery bags have a tendency to wobble / you can crash into the toy section / flaring stars create another star / the basketball will dunk you up / blushing will take you down / a chile bowl will wreak havoc by itself / freedom blossoms in all its colors / the power between us is magnificent / peace opens, rises and accelerates / fear dissolves and trust walks in / your tenderness opens its door / love flourishes for the first time / Healing begins

Copyright © 2020 by Juan Felipe Herrera. Design by Anthony Cody. Originally published with the Shelter in Poems initiative on poets.org. 

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