Wild Flowers: an essay by local author John Bragstad
Jul 03, 2023 10:58AM ● By Content Editor
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By local author and writer John Bragstad for Boreal Community Media - July 3, 2023
with its stoic brown faces, from
the black, bleak surfaces of the
precambrian,
they come.
Yellows and rusts and
golds, blues that set the
sky on notice,
brave pinks and purples,
they are all here
born of winter.
They are unapologetic
of their small stature,
their diminutive
frame.
get-together. A soiree of guests
wandering the grounds,
mingling, mixing,
thrown together by
slow winds and
sultry restlessness.
Related: Meet your Boreal Community Media Freelance Journalist: John Bragstad
By local author and writer John Bragstad for Boreal Community Media - July 3, 2023
It is the thick of the
summer. The wild flowers
are celebrating.
From out of the grandfather rock summer. The wild flowers
are celebrating.
with its stoic brown faces, from
the black, bleak surfaces of the
precambrian,
they come.
Yellows and rusts and
golds, blues that set the
sky on notice,
brave pinks and purples,
they are all here
born of winter.
They are unapologetic
of their small stature,
their diminutive
frame.
They are in a rare mood,
Bright with possibility,
aflame with color,
the urgency of life
chasing itself
in the morning’s
rising.
It is a grandBright with possibility,
aflame with color,
the urgency of life
chasing itself
in the morning’s
rising.
get-together. A soiree of guests
wandering the grounds,
mingling, mixing,
thrown together by
slow winds and
sultry restlessness.
They capture
today. They are
foundlings of a
torrid sun,
parched,
passionate,
persistent,
pleasing.
today. They are
foundlings of a
torrid sun,
parched,
passionate,
persistent,
pleasing.
Oh world!
How rich that we
can squander our
sight on the road
ahead
How rich that we
can squander our
sight on the road
ahead
while the shindig
carries on
beneath our feet.
carries on
beneath our feet.
About the author
John A. Bragstad has been a therapist, working with couples and individuals, for 25 years. He is self-published and is enjoying retirement. Lake Superior is just off his front porch.
He has written three books: Compass Season, Loon Laughter at Midnight, and Who's Watching Whoo? They are available in Grand Marais at Drury Lane and Lake Superior Trading Post, or at Amazon.com.Related: Meet your Boreal Community Media Freelance Journalist: John Bragstad
