“Again,” read by Joy Nevin Axelson.
Again
by Joy Nevin Axelson
Slowly, he backs it out of the shed.
Chipping, orange paint, weathered wood handles,
Wheeling it through crunchy, summer grass,
he lifts the handles as if dumping a load.
Instead, I climb in and hold tight to the curled sides.
So bumpy and so fast! I’m filled with excitement!
Sometimes he rounds the corners too sharply
and I tumble out onto patches of dandelions.
Such a silly, crazy thing to do …
but what I wouldn’t give for just one more wheelbarrow ride from Dad.
About the Poet
Joy Nevin Axelson is a Christian author of several published poems and works of nonfiction. She holds a BA and an MA in French (from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and from the University of California, Santa Barbara respectively). She also attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and North Park University. In addition to being an author, she is the translation coordinator for GlobalFingerprints, the EFCA’s child sponsorship branch. Her translations of training materials are used at 12 international sites. She enjoys traveling with her husband and two older children. Check out her website at joynevinaxelson.weebly.com.
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