Appalachian Trail Walk

showers of castanets 
on a tin roof
a stop-over for the night 
        on the longest hike

a bushel of owls 
in each drip of rain 
   aftershocks of mice nibbling through
the wires of a sleepless mind

listening 
through ear shaped microphones

pigeons scrabble overhead
       then clatter as they take off

the rain softens toward dawn
to a ten second splish
       
        time to move on
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Hankins Avatar
June 19, 2021 at 1:11 PM
I hope you stopped over in Pearisburg, Virginia. I really enjoyed your poem, Eric. I have met so many folks from the trail.
Ashford Avatar
July 1, 2021 at 4:09 PM
Hi L Milton, I did not but Next time perhaps. Thanks for the comment. Good of you to read and comment on this.
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