The days shorten
As the sun grows distant
And the noises of a frozen earth
Begin their earthen symphony
Rustling
Cracking
Dripping
Howling
And I listen
As I slow
Until year’s dawn
Category: Free Verse
11/1/2023 – none/overmuch
I write and write and write and write
And wonder at the endless white
Of canvasses I’ve yet to touch
When it still feels I’ve written overmuch
10/31/2023 – nature web
The bird sings to me
As it sings to the tree
The tree, which holds the bird
The bird flys by me
As it flies by the squirrel
The squirrel, which plants
The tree, which holds the bird
The bird eats a worm
As it eats of the seeds
The seeds I have left for it
In hopes that it will sing to me
As it sings to the tree
10/28/2023 – in between
Shadows threaten
They stand at the gates
They whisper through the windows
They mock and jeer
Must I listen?
Must I submit?
Or must I learn not to hear?
Or is there an in between?
10/27/2023 – widest canvas
I close my eyes beneath the stars
And wonder at what there I see
When wonders greater shine above
On canvas far wider than I could be
10/25/2023 – new song
I wander often from the ground
‘pon which I find my feet
And in the shifting winds I find
Some new and wondrous song
10/24/2023 – hum
A humming
Scratches at my ears
A sparse harmony
Long forgotten
Without beginning or end
It lingers
On dissonant tones
Yet it promises
In its quiet moments
To bring music
To alter the world
10/21/2023 – shimmer
As yellow go the leaves
And cool goes every breeze
And grey conquers the skies
I wish for summer rains
And dry heat from the south
And sun that takes the air
And makes it shimmer
10/20/2023 – moves me
My heart moves me
To listen to silent winds
To read hidden words
To learn untaught lessons
10/18/2023 – silent forest
When oft I walk beneath the boughs
Of those elder than I
I hope to hear the songs they sing
All while growing so high
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