• Chiastic Poetry
  • The Strange Sum of Things
  • Poems
  • Songs
  • Sea to Sea
  • Animagus Extinctio
  • Psalm 37 Menagerie
  • Butterfly Glory
  • Books
  • ABOUT
Menu

Jeff Reed

1141 Bont Lane
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone Number
Wind in the Reeds Poetry

Jeff Reed

  • Chiastic Poetry
  • The Strange Sum of Things
  • Poems
  • Songs
  • Sea to Sea
  • Animagus Extinctio
  • Psalm 37 Menagerie
  • Butterfly Glory
  • Books
  • ABOUT

TWENTY-FIVE

April 2, 2025 Jeff Reed

lord, if my mistakes could be reordered

so that instead of bringing so much grief

they could, like the extra high leaf

on the back of some Wisconsin quarters,

turn a 25-cent account into

ten thousand times that amount,

I would fall to my knees, on my face,

beside the gifts of cheese and cow,

and thank You for such grace.


Note: The 50 State Quarters Program was a 10-year initiative (1999-2008) by the U.S. Mint to honor each of the 50 states with unique designs.  The back of the Wisconsin quarter featured a cow, a wheel of cheese, and an ear of corn. A few rare quarters were misprinted with an extra leaf on the cornhusk and these coins have become valuable, some selling for more than $2,000.

← TWENTY-SIXTWENTY-FOUR →

Powered by Squarespace

Subscribe

Sign up with your email address to receive new poems when they are posted.

We respect your privacy.

Thank you!