Fresh green flats of fields

by Mary Wescott Riser

Fresh green flats of fields

steal attention from the mountains.

Little Miss Planning and Remembering

is too busy to notice.

The valley ceiling leaden above the winter wheat

until a blast of sun makes it impossible

to notice anything else.

Loose ends of thought

like beetles, scatter.

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Mary Wescott Riser worked in Virginia independent schools for 30 years, most recently as Head of School at James River Day School, a K-8 day co-ed day school in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she served as Head for ten years. Mary received her B.A. in English and Philosophy from Georgetown University and her M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Oregon.  She writes the education blog “What’s Best For the Children?” www.maryriser.org. Mary and her husband, George, live in Covesville, Virginia and have two adult children.