Wednesday, November 9, 2022

What Can Be Caught A Sequence


          1

I heard a sound
thought dear
saw chipmunk
it happens
all the time 

         2

how blurred my vision

is looking into the hillsides
of late winter 

 

        3

thought I saw a raven

flying towards me,

saw nothing.  I can no

longer tell the difference

between the real 

and the imagined

or what holds the most meaning

 

        4

sometimes experience needs

no pedagogy

 

        5

nothing’s the same 

one day to the next

even if it appears so

 

        6

the solitary pine cone

at the end of the branch

caught my eye

        7

I need the wind
and the hunt to mix
the past and future
what has been and
what may or may not be        

       8

I saw the large oak leaf
that was making the sound
of the footsteps of a deer
fall.  Now, what will I hear?

       9

the leaves fall
one by one.
I think bear,
deer -- neither one

       10

deer? I ask myself
thinking I hear footsteps.
it is the rain. a near seduction makes me smile,

lets me know
how willing
I am to
               surrender 

        11

I'm looking for the yellow maple
I saw by the shore of the lake
yesterday. I thought it might
have followed me home to greet
me in the morning

        12

I say your name silently
so no one will hear how often I say it 


-Byron Hoot

 hootnhowlpoetry.com

 

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