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In May I Consider My Websites

My client reminds me that the April coupon
is still online, though it’s mid-May, and though
there is a white-winged dove at the feeder,
just arrived from Mexico or maybe Belize.

And that reminds me of the Mexican birds-of-paradise
fanning the backyard in yellow and red, the orange
globemallow now past prime at their rooted and clenching
toes. Beyond the wall, the scarlet ocotillo flowers

are fading to brown, lost in the arid silhouette
of the mountains seemingly painted behind them.
Which reminds me of the trail my daughters and I
hiked late last month, past aromatic creosote—

the rains lingering this winter—past slate and prickly
pear that shine like windows in the sunlight. The view
from here is, of course, gorgeous; and that
reminds me of the website I’m crafting for my neighbor’s

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February 25, 2009
Simmons's essay "A Pure Color" has been selected as an Honorable Mention in The Atlantic's 2008 Student Writing Contest.

January 12, 2009
Simmons Buntin's essay "Palo del Muerte," placed 2nd for the Tara L. Masih Intercultural Essay Prize in the Soul-Making Literary Competition.

January 9, 2009
Simmons's poem "In May I Consider My Websites," which recently appeared in Isotope, has been nominated by the journal for a 2009 Puschart Prize.

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