Two Poems by Sophia Tempest Parsons

Sometimes, small poems stick the bigger landings. Just a couple of words and a few lines breaks can destroy. It’s wonderful. I first read these two poems by Sophia Tempest Parsons last week, but they’re still sitting with me, particularly the lines “everything you do is a ritual” and “there’s a lime tree where you should be.” That everything one does is a ritual, be it a one-off act or an everyday occurrence, is a powerful idea. And the more I mull it over the more power it holds over me. Ritual is purpose, is intention. Apply that to everything one does, and you have a framework for patience, for letting go, for going forward.

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