LAST DAY in APRIL...

AFTERNOON on a HILL by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)

I will be the gladdest thing

Under the sun

I will touch a hundred flowers

 And not...

...pick one!

I will look at cliffs

and clouds

with quiet eyes,

watch the wind bow down the grass,

and the grass...

RISE!

And when the lights begin to show,

Up from the town,

I will mark which must be mine,

And then start down!

Photographs 2026 "The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm!" Exodus 14:14