How To Prosper
from Psalm 1
You'd be better off
not listening to anyone
who says
you'd be better off.
And crowdsource your addiction.
Don't sit and laugh
at anyone that says
"you'd be better off"
or "crowdsource".
Meditate
day and night.
Or take an age.
Where's your delight?
Mine is a tupelo tree,
next to a stream,
with unerodible banks
sipping water juleps
green leaves
waving merry
black and blue
fresh drupes
feeding the wildlife.
JK Miller is a former third grade dual language teacher. He lives on the edge of cornfields. He is the first prize winner of the 2025 Helen Schaible International Sonnet Contest.
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