winter silhouettes
a copse of sailboat masts cut
from the dawning sky
Midnight
staring at the clock
trying to understand the
cruelty of time
–
aching for sleep-
minutes collect
in piles on the floor
Abed
october morning-
even the sun seems to feel
like staying in bed
–
flannel sheets-
somewhere in the house
an open window
Fall
an autumn sunset-
the shadow of a goshawk
long on the meadow
–
oak leaves-
slipping below
a covered bridge
Moonlight
a cool autumn eve
the reclining crescent moon
asleep in the sky
–
a blue heron-
flying under
the misty moon
Sand
the living desert-
waves carried across the sand
by wind on the dunes
–
tumbleweeds-
a mindless expanse
of lifeless sand
Morning
blackbird’s lilting song-
sunlight caresses your face
just before you wake
–
in the clouds-
the soft glow of
an autumn dawn
Travel
waiting for the train
I stand on the platform near
the other pigeons
–
misty morning-
migrating geese
return to the sky
Eerie
I can’t sleep at all
visions of the restless dead
inhabit my dreams
–
moon shadows-
a raven robed
in cobwebs
Midnight
staring at the clock
trying to understand the
cruelty of time
–
aching for sleep-
minutes collect
in piles on the floor
Abed
october morning-
even the sun seems to feel
like staying in bed
–
flannel sheets-
somewhere in the house
an open window
Fall
an autumn sunset-
the shadow of a goshawk
long on the meadow
–
oak leaves-
slipping below
a covered bridge
Moonlight
a cool autumn eve
the reclining crescent moon
asleep in the sky
–
a blue heron-
flying under
the misty moon
Sand
the living desert-
waves carried across the sand
by wind on the dunes
–
tumbleweeds-
a mindless expanse
of lifeless sand
Morning
blackbird’s lilting song-
sunlight caresses your face
just before you wake
–
in the clouds-
the soft glow of
an autumn dawn
Travel
waiting for the train
I stand on the platform near
the other pigeons
–
misty morning-
migrating geese
return to the sky
Eerie
I can’t sleep at all
visions of the restless dead
inhabit my dreams
–
moon shadows-
a raven robed
in cobwebs
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