April Prayer by Stuart Kestenbaum to be Read on The Writer's Almanac, April 5, 2009

News for this Monday • April Prayer by Stuart Kestenbaum to be Read on The Writer's Almanac, April 5, 2009

"April Prayer," a poem from "Prayers and Run-on Sentences" by Stuart Kestenbaum (Deerbrook Editions 2007), will be read on The Writer's Almanac, April 5th, 2009. That is a Sunday, so I am not sure when that will air here in Maine, but it is good news just the same.








April Prayer
by Stuart Kestenbaum

Just before the green begins there is the hint of green
a blush of color, and the red buds thicken
the ends of the maple’s branches and everything
is poised before the start of a new world,
which is really the same world
just moving forward from bud
to flower to blossom to fruit
to harvest to sweet sleep, and the roots
await the next signal, every signal
every call a miracle and the switchboard
is lighting up and the operators are
standing by in the pledge drive we’ve
all been listening to: Go make the call.



And it is that time, the buds are swelling, thank you Garrison Keillor.

I am reminded of a song sung Ry Cooder, "Jesus is on that Main Line."