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On The Nature of Things
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A wicker basket of plastic daisies
adorns the pressboard commode.
An artificial orange tree
decorates the front hall.
These are what I know
of plants and flowers.
I should prefer the real thing.
But I like nature
if it does not draw too near.
I like it out there,
not in here.
For I am safe as long as I can
put things in their proper place:
cottage cheese in the refrigerator,
crackers in the cupboard, second shelf,
children snug in their beds
by eight o'clock.
Like a medieval monk,
I sit and categorize
in perfect scholarly control
beside daisies that will never draw a bee.
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Writer
Bio
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Jacqueline Seewald's poetry, fiction, and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including Creative Review, New Jersey Poetry Monthly, Archer, The Livingston Medium, Poets' Canvas, 12th Planet, The London Mystery Selection, The Romantic Bower, Muse It, Blue Murder, The Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, The Christian Science Monitor, and Big Apple Parent. She has won The Writer's Digest Creative Writing Contest twice and won a short story contest sponsored by Romancing the Skyze. She is, in addition, the author of several novels, including A Wind in the Pines (Manor Books) and Mother's Daughter (Crosswinds). For the past several years, she has reviewed books and software and written articles for The Book Report and Technology Connection, magazines geared toward media specialists.
Montericha@aol.com
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