Author: Margaret Coombs

Coombs, Margaret. Where Sweetness Falls With the Rain. Cyberwit, 2024.

My doctor moved to a new, spacious building, where exam rooms and corridors have gray walls, and no drifting words are overheard.

Our first spring here the two-toned tulips amazed us, but they withdrew without blooms till today, gaudy again in yellow and red.

Pelicans feed in shallow water, a shoulder- to-shoulder squadron, while the white egret calmly moves his feet out of the way.

I bake whole wheat-oatmeal bread, but it’s cloudy out, which slows the yeast, and so the homemade loaves taste dense and chewy, with crunchy crusts.