Rest Stop
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Dear Visitor, Beneath soft-leaved limbs, Seek refuge. Ants hurry, jays shriek– In cool shadows, shiver. Unseen, she whispers, She who planted me, Singing all visitors to sleep. – for Jan Kochanowski © 2016 Joan Caska. Photo courtesy of poet & photographer Maria C. Whalen.