This is a rerun from 2018 when Jilly at dVerse Poets pub prompted us to take a walk in the wild. This is actually not quite just a rerun, but a slight revision of the original poem. Here is the link to the original prompt. https://dversepoets.com/2018/05/01/lets-get-wild/ . A Death in the Wild · A …
Tag: Shadorma
BTT #64: Stream
Stream · What are you That would make me stop And visit On my walk When it is so heavy hot That even the bees Seem languid And the trees spreading Some little Bit of green And cooling shade are closer Than the time it takes For just half Of ‘Layla’ to play. The …
BTT #51: Flint River
Flint River · I had once Watched these cold waters With the calm Precision Of one who had decided To Sink beneath them. · Another River is flowing In this bed From that day When promises filled pockets With the weight of stones · Walking now Upon a gray path On the bank, Stones just …
BTT #31: A Death in the Wild
A Death in the Wild · A tree grows Not to be harvested But to fall Crashing down Violently among the straight Pillars of its kin With no flat Stump to gaze cleanly Back at the Sun like a Forgotten tombstone sealing Roots that cannot find The body That has been pressed to …
