*Blueprints at Ninety

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H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Frank Lloyd Wright completed 1/3 of his life's work between the ages of 80 and 92.

At eighty

some might rest,  

count the hours 

in the sun,  

fold the years 

like paper.  

But you unrolled 

new plans—  

lines singing 

across the page,  

angles reaching 

for the sky.  

Your hands, still 

steady with wonder,  

sketched houses that breathed  

with light and openness,  

museums that spiraled  

like galaxies caught mid-turn.  

One-third of 

a lifetime’s vision  

born in the 

supposed afterglow.  

You proved what time 

forgets to tell us:  

that age can be 

an opening,  

wide as a 

new doorway,  

and creativity a river  

that refuses to dry.  

Even at ninety,  

you were still 

building tomorrows! 

Cloudia Charters

Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora), 

also known as Java Rice Bird 

or Java Temple Bird.

A bird came tapping on the sill,

The morning air was soft and still.

But kitty dreamed in curled-up grace,

Sunlight painting her whiskered face.

We gave the bird a sip to stay,

It sang, then quickly flew away—

And kitty, stretching, gave a sigh,

Never knowing it fluttered by!

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