Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Nocturnal

Nocturnal

This is the lit-up house atop its dark cellar
and both depend on the other
to get seen Here is the park at night
alive and adding to the quiet
Here is the house closing its mouth around
the light

These are cats agreeing to sleep
and the humans floating
on the ponds of their beds
and this is the day slipping away from itself
without desperation

3 comments

  1. o, beautiful--especially the last stanza. I was so taken by the image of "cats agreeing to sleep" and "floating on the ponds of their beds" and that last wonderful 2 lines. Lovely.

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  2. Love the approach you took; perfect.

    Wonderful illustration, too.

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  3. This is beautiful, unusual, memorable. Thanks, Hannah.

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