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In Defense of Ruin by Joshua Converse

January 14, 2013 by Every Writer

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In Defense of Ruin

by Joshua Converse

I love to see a parking lot being
reclaimed by the weeds,
when it becomes
Defiant of asphalt and stone.
-The yellow dandelions
push up through the cracks
with joined voices of
silent
patient
rebellion.

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Joshua Converse was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and grew up on a horse farm in Louisiana. He spent 4 years in the U.S. Army and deployed to the Middle East during the war. He holds an AA in English and a BA in Literature, and continues working toward an MA as a grad student at San Francisco State University. He lives in Monterey, CA with his wife and their children.

Filed Under: Nature Poems

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