nature poem

  • Dogwoods

    Spoiled flowers— 
 weep your wilt
on me. Brown tears streak my throat, caress me— my languid grief. Boughs swayed  when I looked for you— silver leaves— flashing lost memory.
 Petals— drop, my knotted wounds— bathe my limbs, your barren spores. … Continue reading

    Dogwoods
  • Mourning Showers

    Today— the mourning doves were not mourning anything. They arrived on hushed wings— Summoning the dawn with chatter and song. Continue reading

    Mourning Showers