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		<title>&#8220;Poem to My Unborn Child&#8221; by Doug Stone</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>"Poem to My Unborn Child" by Doug Stone, a poem from his book, The Sitting in Powell's Watching Burnside Dissolve in Rain,  has  been nominated for The Pushcart Prize.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://thepoetrybox.com/poem-to-my-unborn-child-by-doug-stone">&#8220;Poem to My Unborn Child&#8221; by Doug Stone</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoetrybox.com">The Poetry Box</a>.</p>
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&#8220;Poem to My Unborn Child&#8221; by Doug Stone, a poem from the book, <em><a href="https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/powells-burnside">Sitting in Powell&#8217;s Watching Burnside Dissolve in Rain</a>, </em>released in August, 2020 by The Poetry Box, has  been nominated for The Pushcart Prize.</p>
<p>Please enjoy the poem, and feel free to leave a comment.</p>
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<h2>&#8220;Poem to My Unborn Child&#8221;</h2>
<p>On this silent bluff, in this grove of pine<br />
I stand and watch the sea turn in moonlight.<br />
The April night is fragrant with the scent<br />
Of new grasses, the wet earth, and sweet pine.<br />
Before the moon turns full again you will<br />
Be born my child, born in the depth of Spring<br />
When the white rain steps from the sea and strolls<br />
Across the green land and the soft wind purrs<br />
In the grass like a comfortable cat.</p>
<p>Love’s dream is born in Spring, renewed again<br />
In a lover’s eyes or whispered in the warm<br />
Afternoon when old men meet in the park<br />
And they have shaken Winter from their tongues.<br />
It is a good time to be born, my child.<br />
You will own the sunshine and the white rain<br />
And the legacy of the wind-shaped clouds<br />
Will gleam forever in your April eyes.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://thepoetrybox.com/poem-to-my-unborn-child-by-doug-stone">&#8220;Poem to My Unborn Child&#8221; by Doug Stone</a> appeared first on <a href="https://thepoetrybox.com">The Poetry Box</a>.</p>
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