Friday, May 13, 2022

Satisfied

 I crested the curved hill,

watched three crows fly away

from a chipmunk on the road.

Apologized.

At a glance in my mirror

saw their return.

 

         Creation

The red-tailed hawk

erupted from the red-

leafed hillside something

in its talons

                 thought,

“This is how we were made –

a fury of earth

full of desire clutching

what cannot be let go.”


-Byron Hoot

https://hootnhowlpoetry.com

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