1.
An unexpected storm has come
where many feel fear…undone
yet even in the hardest times
the heart of love…still it chimes
2.
A shadow cast upon the face of dawn
while lilting through the dark devotion’s song
reason stunned into amnesia’s lair
as the scent of stillness fills the air
Questions hovering fall fast away
like petals from the flower in decay
patience speaks in muted tones of heart
the whole it trembles in what’s torn apart
Where tears and joy they mingle breath to breath
storms they surge and then all that is left
are moments tender-woven in between
what looks to be and what remains unseen
—Diane Miller
Burnt Canyon
Where the fire slew
every living thing
and only rock
and ash
remained
the winter rains
have run
anew:
the forest
has begun
—Mark Hein
Garden Music (haiku)
Cricket boldly perched
in the storm drain sings, filling
our whole neighborhood
—Mark Hein
Isolation Day
Sitting in this sunset
without spouse or child
loneliness brushes my chest
like the breeze sliding
across my bare arms
explores my heart
like the beetle crawling
the back of my hand
—Mark Hein, March 18, 2020