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Bloom Above Thorn: a Sonnet

Lou Storey·May 21, 2024

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Bloom Above Thorn

a Sonnet

written by: Lou Storey

Our town holds yearly a fine garden tour
Hosted in style by the privileged elite
This slight we commoners learn to endure
Attempts to attend just end in defeat

Bloom above thorn marries beauty with pain
For each a steep price will need to be paid
A loss required for others to gain
Brick by hard brick their strict privacy’s laid

But nature’s resilience is not for sale
Tree roots crack sidewalks, wildflowers still thrive
Mankind may crumble but Earth will Prevail
chaos is needed for life to survive

The ticketed rich have nothing to lose
Thorns crown their fashion of sad subterfuge.

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Lou Storey

OCTOBER 2024 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com

Lou Storey is a visual artist and retired psychotherapist living in Savannah, Georgia, with Steve, his husband of thirty-five years. Lou’s fiction writings have appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times Tiny Love Stories, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, Blue Mountain Literary Review, Multiplicity Magazine, and Beyond Queer Words Anthology, and recent Short Story Competition Winner, WriteTime Magazine and a finalist in the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival. Lou is also a featured artist in the documentary film The Creative Imperative.

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Laura is a native of South Florida who has spent over a decade working in the healthcare industry. She loves the outdoors and is equally at home on the beach or in the mountains. She enjoys a variety of activities, including biking, photography, yoga and hiking. Spirituality is very important to Laura and much of her writing centers around working through grief and loss. Laura also writes on a variety of other topics, in which she tries to send a positive message, adding a touch of humor when appropriate. Laura doesn't shy away from writing on darker topics as she believes it's important to embrace the shadow self. If you had to ask her what her favorite drink was, she'd most definitely say coffee. You also may have seen her cosplaying Catwoman. Laura is a lover of all animals, and owns several cats and dogs.

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