TO AN OCHRE MOMENT

PUBLISHED POETRY INCLUDED IN MY FORTHCOMING COLLECTION: LETTERS TO NOWHERE

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i came to this wild,

copper-plated forest

for moonlight, but found

sun is a queen of thorns 

brushed, burnt, and in need 

of the darkness as well.

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Originally published in Scarlet Leaf Review as “Yucca Valley,” December 2019