An owl crooned me to sleep From the silver birch At the end of the garden A haunting song No doubt a hunting song That echoed in my dreams Took me flying In the night shadows Through tall willows Skimming the river Where stars shiver Voles and mice scatter And night birds chatter All on […]
Tag: Shadows
Pigeon Steps in the Dark
Insomnia And restlessness reign Filling the night With closed-eye hallucinations Moon, stars and black holes Cast their shadows on your face Ticklish webs of confusion Forcing you to face phantoms Leave the covers’ comfort Play grandmother’s footsteps In fizzing phosphene Pigeon steps in the dark © Kim M. Russell, 2015
A Midweek Moonshadow Haiku
In the moon’s embrace Of shadows orchids orbit An unearthly space
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