DESPITE

by Marguerite G. Bouvard


There are ways of responding to
trying times, threads of sunlight,
a handful of wildflowers
picked by your loved one
that have their own luminescence
despite the changes of weather,
and despite what time and events
have wreaked on our lives,
the darkness is suffused with
unexpected moments, and with
handfuls of unexpected brightness.


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Marguerite G. Bouvard is the author of 12 poetry books, two of which have won awards including the MassBook Award for Poetry. She has also written a number of non-fiction books on women's rights, human rights, social justice, grief, and has just finished one, Healthcare Workers on the Frontline of the Pandemic. Her poetry collection The Cosmos of the Heart came out fall 2020. Her latest poetry collection Shades of Meaning came out February 2022.