I planted you a sunflower
hoped it would make you proud
but the earth that ate its seeds
gave back nothing in return
so I focused on my breath
visualizing its growth
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Ryan Gibbs is an English professor who lives in London, Canada. His poems have appeared in Pollux Journal, Blueline, Tower Poetry, The Windsor Review, and Tamaracks: Canadian Poetry for the 21st Century. His children’s poetry has been included in the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness. His short story “The Seven Wonders of Cagliari” was shortlisted for the Eyelands International Short Story Contest and published in Numbers (Strange Days Books). Twitter: @RyanGibbsWriter