Theme Thursday = Egg

Dawn Revisited

Imagine you wake up

with a second chance: The blue jay

hawks his pretty wares

and the oak still stands, spreading

glorious shade. If you don't look back,

.

the future never happens.

How good to rise in sunlight,

in the prodigal smell of biscuits--

eggs and sausage on the grill.

The whole sky is yours

to write on, blown open

to a blank page. Come on,

shake a leg! You'll never know

who's down there, frying those eggs,

if you don't get up and see.

Rita Dove

I love the symbolism of eggs at Easter. The season is awash with

new life, renewal, second chances and blue skies. As Dove says,

"the whole sky is yours". So, embrace the glorious optimism of the

season, dear bloggy friends. Come on, shake a leg!

Rita Dove, 1952, was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States

in 1993, and received a second special appointment in 1999. Dove is

the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.