Sea
offshore thunderstorms-
an old salt returns to the
bosom of the sea
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crimson skies
a funeral boat
adrift and alight
Category Archives: Lost
Pastels
unexpected rain-
flowing into the gutter
a child’s masterpiece
–
mountain and sky-
colors blended
on my canvas
Nesting
falling dogwood blooms-
little bird tell me why you’ve
abandoned your nest
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morning drizzle-
a robin guards
her empty nest
Chimes
a hot acrid wind
rattles the sand blasted bones
hanging from the trees
–
cool lemonade-
wind chimes ring
on the front porch
Depression
moving through aspic
living just outside of time
tired and alone
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persistent rain-
a raven just
beyond the glass
Memorial
it’s far too simple-
these old men send the sons of
others to their deaths
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a spring breeze-
the fog of war
swept out to sea
Wind
wind rustles the leaves
and coaxes a dryad’s song
of spring from the trees
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whispers-
forest giants
shake off the cold
Vessel
a soul deeply flawed
ichorous and fetid cast
from a broken mold
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bathing rituals-
filing ewers by
the riverbanks
Deer
off the mountain road
a wake of buzzards gather
‘round a fallen deer
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moonrise-
the fawn waits
in the tall grass
Birth
midwinter moonlight-
hushed stillness split by the cries
of mother and child
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nesting jays-
the silence of
broken eggshells