The Fern
...The silk fern herringbones the sunlight.
Its prehistoric tendrils fan the morn:
A living fossil to take urgent flight.
It whispers in dark inaudible moan,
Spawning in our rich volcanic earth,
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Categories:
herringbones, nature,
Form: Verse
Death Tolls
...The atmosphere rings with the bell like calls
of the plover flock, long before they are spotted.
The flight herringbones a grey fedora sky.
Markings of white and coal black weave,
wing-stitched, ...
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Categories:
herringbones, beach, beauty, bird, ocean,
Form: Free verse