A black doughnut melts in the sun,
A hole of wood, too hot to touch,
Before breakfast an early morning run?
I would like that so very much.
The icy water-cools the tube.
Thoughts of liquid ice flowing,
Shorten the walk. On the innertube
Soon to light, anticipating
That two-hour trip down the clear creek.
The slow monotonous walking,
Forever, at the creek, to peek
All Nature quietly talking.
A cold dream, a hot day
“Clouded from my Mind’s Eye,”
I can easily say,
In this cocoon made warm
With blankets and sheets torn.
As I drift off into
That forgotten land known,
To us, only as SLEEP.
This collection of poetry addresses the nature of time, reflections on the natural world, the difficulty of loss,
contemporary social issues and gratitude for life.
A Collection of Voices from Around the World is more than just a poetry compilation. It is a partnership of poets from around the globe brought together by an internet poetry forum. That forum, poetrypages.com, has been the home of many a fine poet s
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