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Four Crows:
between winter and springThe white blanket’s thrown off.
Meadow grass is flattened and combed like hair,
sore with winter, and wise with sleep.
A phoebe imitates a man imitating a phoebe.
Goldenrod stubble pokes up like tossed hangers.
A dry ball of hydrangea tumbles to the barn.
Why didn’t Doe eat it, in such a winter as this?
O her hoof prints are gone now, though I invite
them with my longing eyes
around tree roots that look like arms and legs
lounging in new green bed covers of moss, and the litter
of Russian olive leaves like a thousand just-opened eyes.
Umber pine needles are arrows, and four crows,
suddenly rising up at my approach, point in her direction,
which is everywhere, and nowhere.
My entry for One Shot Wednesday. Follow the link and discover new work by wonderful poets.
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