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Rocking Marshside

Smoldering heat quashed Submerged in cool marsh water‘Til distant sun dipsMidsummer darkness beckonsRocking fine waterside chair Shadows of the nightTall reeds silhouette againstStar sparkled waterNo cutting the grass out thereImmersed in protective brine Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 43 Sadje’s What do you see # 245

Night Train

On the night train there is no hoot hoot hoot hoot of the barred owl or the chirp chirp chirp of cricket stridulation. There is only the rhythmic cha, cha, cha of the wheels on the track. The hypnotic tempo, combined with the undulating motion of the train, gently lulls me to sleep. I doContinue reading “Night Train”