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Welcome Morning | Anne Sexton

There is joy
in all:
in the hair I brush each morning,
in the Cannon towel, newly washed,
that I rub my body with each morning,
in the chapel of eggs I cook
each morning,
in the outcry from the kettle
that heats my coffee
each morning,
in the spoon and the chair
that cry "hello there, Anne"
each morning,
in the godhead of the table
that I set my silver, plate, cup upon
each morning.

All this is God,
right here in my pea-green house
each morning
and I mean,
though often forget,
to give thanks,
to faint down by the kitchen table
in a prayer of rejoicing
as the holy birds at the kitchen window
peck into their marriage of seeds.

So while I think of it,
let me paint a thank-you on my palm
for this God, this laughter of the morning,
lest it go unspoken.

The Joy that isn't shared, I've heard,
dies young.

Things I Really Like: an Ongoing List

  • Birdsong
  • Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
  • Archie
  • Tamales
  • Black licorice
  • Woodsmoke
  • Good Table Talk (more often, actually, Bar Talk)
  • a Ploughman's Lunch in a pub's garden
  • a 5:1 Martini, with a dash of orange bitters and 3 olives
  • Wind Chimes
  • Telephone calls with my out-of-town kids
  • Tacos with my in-town kid (and kid-in-law)
  • Resident Taqueria
  • Heat
  • Daffodils
  • Steel-cut oatmeal and a soft-boiled egg
For savory breakfast types

Eureka! I finally discovered a good use for whey left over from yogurt-making. Add it to the pot when cooking steel-cut oatmeal. Makes for a delicious tangy breakfast. (BTW, the soft-boiled egg and s.c. oatmeal combo is dynamite.) ๐Ÿณ