Hunter Stars
HUNTER STARS
Fears half-hid behind curtain, faces sallow,
Two small kids shivering at the cold open window.
We look trembling at the stars across the black -
A thousand guys in the dark searching for our track,
Each with tiny red or yellow flashlight -
Steady, pulsing, dim, or bright.
Brighter ones are closer - in groups or alone;
Far-off ones are completely unknown.
Special guys like Antares or Arcturus
Spinning, searching in circles around us.
Big fellows like the Hunter Orion
Getting closer with dogs Sirius and Procyon :
Sometimes they can’t see us for cloud,
Can’t hear us as we bravely whisper aloud
‘You tiny hunters don’t scare us ; you’ll run
In the morning when you see our sun.’
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Written for Judy Konos's Contest "A Short Poem"
by Sydney Peck
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2011
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