Linda Neal
 

1996 French Bread Awards - first prize

The Fundamental Conundrum

 
 for you, my son
is:
a red pepper  hanging

independent

  of every other question

a poppy reseeding itself
 in the exact spot
 that it must

for the desert to bloom

embracing
 such mystery

   you place
 the question mark

     in the middle of your life
 

© 1999 - French Bread Publications/Linda Neal