No One Sings

Jun9

Still
Quiet
Heavy
Overcast
Soft smoke
Suspended
Not rising
Not falling
Portent
No movement
No breeze
The forest
Silent
The sun
Slowly rises
Tree shadows
Cast through
The motionless
Brown Gold
Have weight
Sliding down
Marking the 
Presence of
Light
Of air
Of memory
Thick
With grief
The birds
Remembering
Do not call
.
No One Sings
Bear June 9, 2023
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At Peace

Jan1

The world has turned blue.
While a light mist is rising,
Frogs sing their night song.
.
At Peace
January 1, 2023
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Cardinal

Jun11

Visible in dawn,
The Cardinal, wearing red,
Whispered, "Pss pss. Pss."  
.
Cardinal
Agawela  11June2022
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Those words are a Cardinal language greeting.

She Spoke

Aug28

Owl spoke
To me, last night. 
She gifted a word,
From her
Ancient language.
Misunderstanding,
Her intent,
I answered aloud,
Speaking
As an echo
The sound
Of the new word.
Owl spoke,
Again. 
I almost understood.
Almost.
I thanked
Grandmother Owl,
In English.
In silence,
She flew.
In darkness,
She flew.
Close to me,
She flew.
So close,
I saw her,
Against darkness. 
Then,
She was gone, 
In darkness. 
Grandmother
Spoke,
Once more,
Outside of time,
For me to remember,
The meaning. 
I will always
Know this word
In her language,
When again,
I hear her call.

The word 
She spoke is
Death. 
.
She Spoke
August 28, 2021
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