- Gary Hunter
One Shaft of Sunlight - May 27, 2022
through the trees
that strikes a water lily
stretched in full bloom
can brand your eyes
like a full moon
emerging from clouds
announced by
distant thunder
it awakens more
than what’s seen
through the trees
that strikes a water lily
stretched in full bloom
can brand your eyes
like a full moon
emerging from clouds
announced by
distant thunder
it awakens more
than what’s seen
with a mere glance leaves tell you how they feel I’d like to learn the finer points of body language something more than just the “Hi” of a person’s stem
the birth colors of mesquite leaves or baby’s skin something with the tint of innocence in the scheme of emergence translucent spirit not a shade darker
it rained late last night leaves cleaned green and dripping wet a dog shakes itself the pen’s side of life same struggle for survival poems find heroes the big black raven perches and picks at the tra