POEMS/ On the Day You Came Back
On the Day You Came Back
I rose at dawn
and went to sniff
the blueberry dew of
morning’s sky
and the dogs began
to dance, catching
the wind of joy
inside the bell
of my voice-
seeing me running
to greet you
with petals of sun
in my heart-
me tasting the smell
of you again
in moon born
apple trees
branches glimmering
with welcome
white in the dawn
Published in Still Puddle Poets, 2006 and All Roads Go Where They Will (Antrim House, 2010)
I rose at dawn
and went to sniff
the blueberry dew of
morning’s sky
and the dogs began
to dance, catching
the wind of joy
inside the bell
of my voice-
seeing me running
to greet you
with petals of sun
in my heart-
me tasting the smell
of you again
in moon born
apple trees
branches glimmering
with welcome
white in the dawn
Published in Still Puddle Poets, 2006 and All Roads Go Where They Will (Antrim House, 2010)