Mud: a poem by John Szamosi

sprouts in soil, image by วรพจน์ พนาปวุฒิกุล, on Pixabay

Mud 

the ignorant glance at mud

turn up their noses

despise it to no end

seeds cannot talk

but they fully understand

mud is their only chance to sprout

the seeds also need the Potter

He who knows

there’s no Life without mud

forgives the ignorant because they are His children 

and plants the good seeds every day

to regrow faith and hope and love

John Szamosi’s flash fiction and poems

have been published in various literary

magazines worldwide.

His collection of short stories, 'To No End'

(under the pen name J.S. O’Keefe) is

available on Amazon.

June 2025 issue