Waves
a pair of otters
dozing in the sun floating
far out in the bay
–
bleached driftwood-
iridescent sand
on the ebb tide
Category Archives: Animal
Heat
living night to night
afraid of my own shadow
lest I feel the sun
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crying gulls-
a distant sandbar
bakes in the sun
Destiny
the hand of Moira
pulling taught a strand of fate
prior to the cut
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cloudless night-
death comes
on silent wings
Within
the battle scarred croc
slips into the black water
with hardly a trace
–
biting cold-
reaching for darkness
through the closing door
Perspective
looking at myself
amid the twisted wreckage
of my ruined car
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mourning doves-
lost in the white
of the winter sky
Murder
horror on parade
the fires of war march on while
death wields the baton
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a murder of crows-
five men lower
their rifles
Bells
dark rolling water
a rusty buoy’s hollow bell
tolls across the night
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split rail fence-
a congregation
of cowbells
Hunt
a large gray crane stands
fishing the shallow waters
down among the reeds
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wingbeats-
spending ripples where
once was a fish
Patina
long ago I was
your knight in shining armor
now I’m just tarnished
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rusted hinges-
an old mare
out to pasture
Night
cold drops of silver
spill into the open mouth
of the crescent moon
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starlight-
a barn owl glides
through leafless trees