Friday, July 22, 2022

Red Lights, Vol. 18, Number 2, June 2022

small hollows
in our cottonwood tree
fill with rain
ruby-crowned kinglets bathe
in secrets only they know


Conjuring


we share
a fairytale moment . . .
this antique book
bound with feathers
and bluebell sap

a citrine
glints on my windowsill
conjuring
the smallest of suns
on this darkest of days

winter departs
only to return, and yet
we are consoled
by the unchanging
certainty of seasons

powder snow
takes wing behind
downhill skis
our spirits lifting, too
on this bluebird day


(note: "citrine" - a yellow variety of quartz)
 

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