Out My Window

The Ravens call to each other’s brotherhood,
while lofty redwoods reach upward.
Their branches stir and squeak
blowing and flowing with benign breezes.
Under their dusky shade, weary deer find their occasional peace
resting upon the vintage needles to sleep.
Landing in the lower Bay tree’s limbs,
rustling Wrens clacker their chorus
of ditties and riffs carried by ocean sent breezes
reminding the sparky squirrels to store their gathering stash soon.
Monarch butterflies flutter by still churning the fading fall flowers
finding sparse samples of sweetness
as the sun-striped honeybees slickened tongues suck their last nectar.
Other creatures - the tireless tree rats, dusty molting bunnies, dirty nosed moles, light-footed foxes, and mama mountain lion with cubs
express their mortal duties for the coming cold.

As I wander through this pantascopic menagerie
encompassed in its completeness, each path I take deepens to its source.
For I journey with my true self, inspired and consummated
in this imperfect perfection, bringing me home once again.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Cornish Avatar
August 29, 2023 at 6:52 PM
Another excellent composition Lonna - thank you!
Blodgett Avatar
September 1, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Thank you Craig! Health and happiness. Lonna
Kauffman Avatar
August 28, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Lonna, congratulations on your win! Every time I read one of your poems I know I am in for a treat of wonderful images transporting me into your scene of vivid imagery and subtle metaphor. So glad to see this on the winners list and to share the podium with this richly designed poem! Sending you blessings! Indeed, you have brought me home again!
Blodgett Avatar
September 1, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Thank you for your most wonderful comment Sam! Lonna
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