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D A Angelo·August 22, 2023

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Sunflowers

written by: D A Angelo

The sunflowers dancing to the Macarena don’t care about the crows glaring at them from the top of the school fence. They sway like palm trees, like lovers swooning in a Venetian love story. The sunflowers feed on canary-bright sunlight, the warm, tender rain of a new season. There is a lesson here: embrace everything wholly, no matter the state of your roots or when you’ve been planted.

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D A Angelo

D A Angelo is a UK-based poet enjoying the plurality of poetry. They enjoy films, music, and exploring their home city.

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A textbook example of nominative determinism, Lou Storey has always been a storyteller, a fact well illustrated in his art and in his writing. His careers have reflected that as well, first as a creator of idea-based exhibitions for museums, and later as a psychotherapist employing narrative therapies. His art and his writing share qualities of rich texture and detail, examining our capacity to be absurd while allowing a measure of forgiveness for our foibles. Storey and his husband Steve retired in 2021 and moved from New Jersey to Savannah Georgia. “We love everything about Savannah, it is like a city that looks like a park and thinks it’s a small town. Best of all, we can grow bananas in the backyard!”

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