The forest is quiet tonight, as the stars
shine down, twinkling with silvery diamond
brilliance. The Moon, her weight full and
hanging low upon the horizon, glows softly
upon all. A soft breeze blows, letting the
leaves dance with shadows upon the ground.
Her tattered fur ruffles in the wind, as she
wanders alone, head hung lower than the
Moon on the horizon. Time moves forth
as Nature seemingly stands still in this
forest, even if for just what seems just a
moment.
Upon an outcropping she sits, staring at
the night sky with sad eyes. She then lifts
her head high and sighs.
Questions, unquestioned discoveries, and answers in parable and rhyme…. This collection records a journey starting with a 1960s retrospective and the first man on the moon, moving to a new millennium welcomed in with a terrorist spin, family crises,
If you tend to believe romantic, passionate, masculine poetry is a thing of past eras, read "She Intrigues Me," and be swept away in the beautiful craft of a contemporary poet of love.