Explaining the Constellations
Where gophers surface
to survey the vacant field,
pockets of loose dirt blossom
like a chain of brown flowers.
The sun, too, is on its way to ground,
a pale pink light illuminating
the underbellies of clouds.
As darkness backfills the sky,
the persistent stars poke through.
1 comments:
nice ... i like the explanation. These two stanzas push against each other nicely ...
pockets of loose dirt blossom ... that is a great line.
like a chain of brown flowers ... another great line.
I have just finished writing a puppet show about prairie dogs and the burrows in the field are a very familiar thought right now ...
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