Susan Howard is a poet and playwright living in a small town north of Auckland. Her poetry reflects her macro and micro observations of the world about her. She has been published in New Zealand and overseas.

Susan Howard

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Joy Discovered

And there,

A whisper of wind
touched an
odd- shaped patch of earth
no use for anything else,

wedged between
the garage
and the walkway

a yearning,
searching soul
discovered

a lawn of daisies
in joyful tremble
dancing.