- joy is the first swim of summer, when the water is still too cold but already fresh green and golden
- joy is the green woodpecker's sudden flash of wings between the trees
- joy is knowing the names of things
- joy is dancing if i'd never learned that other people can see you dance
- joy is watching something with a friend and typing out the same reaction at the same time
- joy is a song wearing grooves through my brain as i listen to it for a thousandth time
- joy is the elastic give of playdoh under my fingers
- joy is the drawing the curved lines until they come together in a pattern
- joy is recognizing a literary reference
- joy is repeating words, repeating words, repeating words
- joy is my dog stopping in the middle of the walk, bouncing back, jumping up and kissing my nose
- joy is a green physical watch
- joy is a watercolor wash
- joy is biting in the first fresh cherry
- joy is knowing what Mallard reaction is
- joy is getting a poem right and then rereading it and hearing it in my head
- joy is a freshly-made bed
- joy is coming home from bright-loud-long, and laying down so the world is very small and still
- joy is a loose soft dress with pockets
- joy is a portable keyboard
- joy is picking out a story title from a song
- joy is a bag of fried sunflower seeds
- joy is the words tangled, unraveled, verdant, languid, incandescent
- joy is a world without clocks
- joy is locking the door
- joy is biting
- joying is clenching and unclenching the muscles in my thighs
- joy is a hotel room
- joy is chewing a new willow leaf
- joy is the warm stone of roman ruins
- joy is the ozone subway smell
- joy is dandelions growing in the gaps between stone slabs
- joy is the freshly laid black asphalt
- joy is whistling
- joy is a smooth piece of glass
- joy is watching horror movies on wikipedia
- joy is the red-shingled rooftops
- joy is petting a capybara
- joy is a very small bird
