SunDog — A Poem

 

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“Josie in Sunbeam” — C.Birde, 1/17

That space —

just inside

the side door —

splashed with

January light…

Enough to lure

both cat and dog

to vie for

possession

of its gradually

narrowed wedge,

its bone-filling

memory,

of warmth.

— C.Birde, 1/17

Occluded Eye — A Poem

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“Sun, Occluded” — C.Birde, 1/17

Bleary smudge of sun…

Pale

occluded eye

caught

within the

Winter sky’s

expanse

and —

blinking —

hints

at all

to come.

— C.Birde, 1/17

 

 

Solstice — A Poem

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“Starlit Dark” — C.Birde, 12/16

Is it sweetest as

it fades?

When the dark,

expanded,

nips at its heels

and seals

our eyelids,

stills our tongues?

The balance slips.

Night swallows,

extends

a groping hand.

Curl and kneel

in tumbled dark,

humbled beneath

the weight

of bright memory,

the long, dark, starlit

night a stole

about bowed shoulders.

Breathe and wait.

Be Patient.

Already,

the Light

returns.

 

— C.Birde, 12/16