and the year
heavy-lidded
drowses.
Crying of want
a solitary bird
spreads black wings
over silent houses.
and the year
heavy-lidded
drowses.
Crying of want
a solitary bird
spreads black wings
over silent houses.
somewhere
November sun
sets
kindling clouds
trailing stars
in cosmic
opal’d
nets.
you have to move your eye —
it’s time to remember
that towards November
the garden moves nearer the sky.
jewelry for my screened-in room
lest you think it
an ordinary trinket
you must remember
it’s November.