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Ordinary Miracles

Spring, rainbows,

ordinary miracles

about which

nothing new can be said.

 

The stars on a clear night

of a New England winter;

the soft air of the islands

along the old

Spanish Main;

pirate gold shining

in the palm;

the odor of roses

to the lover's nose. . .

 

There is no more poetry

to be written

of these things.

The rainbow's sudden revelation--

behold!

The cliché is true!

What can one say

but that?

 

So too

with you, little heart,

little miracle,

 

but you are

no less miracle

for being ordinary.

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Written by
Erica Jong
1942 / American
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