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Dear Readers,

Ah! I don’t know where the time goes. Yes. I’m still here and writing! 

I wanted to let you know that After/Thought Literary let me know today that they are publishing two of my poems in their June issue. I’m thrilled! I will post the link when it’s up.

I hope you’re well and enjoying the weather! 

💛 Jan

 

House at Dusk

 

Upstairs a door is closing -

voices evaporate.

 

The heat of the day is gone.

 

Outside,

spent lilacs burnish color

onto panes of glass.

Trees spin darkness against the sky.

 

The garden is iridescent.

White clusters

of viburnum globes shimmer

in the filtering shadows.

 

The earth shifts.

Then, a gust of wind roars

through the trees.

 

Clouds move in

but not before the stars

begin to move across the sky.

They leave their pallor sails

to the wind

while a crisp white moon

is forever moored

to the tides.

 

Jan Darrow 2025

First published by Poppy Road Review  

van Gogh

This morning

I hang wheat fields

across the kitchen sky -

paper bright as stars.

 

In the afternoon

paint

slips through

my fingers

like gold.

 

Under a whisper of sun

contrasting images

become large

as flowers in a vase –

citrine faces adorned.

 

Tonight the moon cascades

across a starlight sky

filled with boats beneath

the dark hue

lamp lit

to the naked eye.

 

First published by Poppy Road Review 

2026 Jan Darrow  

                          Photo by Sylvia Medlen

Early spring in Michigan - capturing a deer, glistening spider webs, and fog. Simply ethereal!

I’m recommending two poems by Dane Karnick - Great Salt Lake, and Neighbors - which you can find on Poppy Road Review. Just click the link below. They’re awesome!

https://poppyroadreview.blogspot.com/2026/04/great-salt-lake-neighbors-by-dane.html

 

 Happy Easter! 🐇💜 Happy Spring!