Music – Page 2 – Iron Haiku

sepia photos
memories of summerfields
slowly turn to dust
–
summer sky-
carousel music
on the pier

low waning daylight-
songs of bullfrogs and crickets
usher in the night
–
twilight-
crickets sing
in my footsteps

under the night sky
conversation and laughter
as the fire dies down
–
starlight-
good friends and
wine loosened tongues

a sidewalk bistro-
over my coffee judging
everyone I see
–
al fresco-
sipping coffee
headphones on

chocolate ice cream
slowly melting in the heat
of the summer sun
–
amber skies-
an ice cream truck
around the corner

canons and mortars-
our patriotic fervor
lights up the night sky
–
fireworks
the dog hides
under my bed

rain thunders outside-
oil painted landscapes smearing
against my window
–
old masters-
failing vision
frozen in time

muscle and sinew-
soot stained and glistening from
the heat of the forge
–
shimmering heat-
the cold ring of
hammer on steel

the end of the rain-
I pull back layers of clouds
to reveal the stars
–
petrichor-
storm clouds
in a puddle

a deer in the woods-
the chorus of spring peepers
suddenly silent
–
midnight-
startled awake by
preternatural stillness