Photo ©️Orion Foote Auburn Brogue (Four Chinese Quatrains)I broach the chill of deep night:my cape trimmed neat in black braid.In times of strife, this heart cries -yet sings of you as dreams fade.Our bairn was fair – her pale voice a thrush-like song from warm nest;smiled like the sun at first light;small face turned withContinue reading “Auburn Brogue”
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From a Valley Pew
From a Valley Pew Let the sky’s breathtell it’s ancient story –it will remain herelong after we have left;after a horn player’s lipshave turned the night blue –calling a different tuneas summer grass fades. Listen to the clatterof children – teethrattling like castanets –treading barefoot over stonesthrough icy water;my page gathering wordslike morning flowers –leavesContinue reading “From a Valley Pew”
Soloman Islands Song
Soloman Islands Song(four Chinese Quatrains) He sleeps in humid daylightover scorched Pacific sand;distant flags ripple slowlyin Vella Lavella breeze A sentinel moon whispersdream long my son of silence;offspring of a lost wind manscribbles tears in candlelight sotto voce words linger,taut hours unravel in sheetsof slant drizzle – heightens tangof shaving foam and sherry Croons withContinue reading “Soloman Islands Song”
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