Letter to the editor: Political realities spark creative pragmatism

As our political realities continue to shift in unexpected and unwanted ways, the writer has had several conversations with friends and family about where their thoughts are. A surprising number talked about stocking up on items, just in case. Those conversations led to this poem.

‏Leigh Harder was “initially inspired as a young artist to try to catch the particular blue of the changing twilight sky, what is commonly referred to as ‘the blue hour,’” she said.

follow sun/ breaking through sky-edged mountains/ into the heart of a stone fruit