A birthday sonnet

[Kelly Bond]

Absolutely lovely

[Esther Jane]

Thank you, Kelly!

[Melanie Bettinelli]

Aw. Beautiful.

[Esther Jane]

Thanks, Melanie!

[Brooke Z]

How beautiful!

[Esther Jane]

Thank you!

[Donal McKernan]

I live my life in widening circles

that reach out across the world.

I may not complete this last one

but I give myself to it.

I circle around God,

around the primordial tower.

I've been circling for thousands of years

and I still don't know: am I a falcon,

a storm, or a great song?

- Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Hours