✨ Three Acorns from Emily’s Yard
for me to hold...
Three Acorns from Emily’s Yard
I pocketed them that day
the tour guide was not looking.
I nodded to myself that she
would not mind for me to hold
in my palm and carry home
such Possibility.
—Andrea Potos
From Two Emilys, Kelsay Books, Copyright © 2025. Used by permission of the poet. Photo by Valeriia Miller, Creative Commons, via Unsplash.
This reminds me of something Robert Frost said--that he carried around in his pocket something to remind him of who he was. "Lately it's been a thorn," he said once.
Lovely.