New Day
BY MARIANNE TEFFT
Like the golden tulip
That overwinters silently
Untouched and undisturbed
I wanted nothing more
Than to cling to blindness
To rest untroubled in the dark
Yet sunrise brings all things to light
And at the dawn of this new day
I am grateful Mother Nature
Knows so much more than me
Marianne Tefft
Marianne Tefft daylights as a Montessori teacher in Toronto, Canada. Her poems and short stories have appeared online, on air and in print on six continents. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. Inspired by two decades in the Caribbean, her third poetry collection, Rainbow Country, is slated to appear in mid-2026.
