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Best Astir Poems


Astir
Iridescent crow wings
scatter ice particles, patches of air clatter.

Grackle claws engrave the frozen creek,
small owls emerge from blanching shadows,
fieldmice burrow into snow drifts.

A small stir in the flappable; facets
dazzle a dazed daylight.

A newly unearthed sky pauses to blink
life stutters, shimmers back
twice as bright....

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Categories: astir, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things