Blaze In Bitteroot

A buck
stands with mate, bold
against backdrops split by
crimson, burnt orange, and mustard angst
root rows.

Mud brook
clots to conceal
their nutmeg hide and hoofs.
A bonfire bush nuzzles their young
to sleep.

Thaw

A spark
lights a tallow
heart. Its wick rejoices
with heated passions, melting all
doubts there.

Return to the front page of this issue:   Amaze   Vol. 2, No. 1   Spring & Summer, 2003.
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These poems are Copyright © 2002 by Shirley Walker.