"Clear"

Clear  

 

Sunday morning dawned
crisp and cold, an Alberta
Clipper blowing all night,
a howling wind bitter enough

to freeze eyeballs in sockets.

But the wailing squall
left behind in its wake
one of those beautiful

mid-winter days

one never forgets.
With not an iota
of moisture in the air,

the heavens a pristine azure,

the temperature settled
right around ten degrees,
with a valiant sun

gracing the sky

all morning,
doing its best
to warm things up,

enough for the heavens

to remain crystal-blue all day,
clear as far as the eye could see,
not a cloud in the sky.




              ~~~

First published in WestWard Quarterly / Winter 2014

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"Unity"

Unity

 

 

Darkness is fleeting

and fear slips away.

In stillness comes the dawning

of yet another day,

 

to breathe in the peacefulness

of yet another look,

at nature’s way of saying

she hasn’t closed the book,

 

on all the wonders facing us

to sense within our soul;

walk through the panes of blissfulness,

and view the world as whole. 

 

 

 

 

~~~~~

 

 

Published in The Poet's Art / May 2014