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slumber

Fri 04/27/12 at 3:33 pm

at night
the wolves wait
on my temples
for the elk to venture
from my sparse hairline
onto my forehead

instantly, the pack pursues the herd
some escape into the thicket of my eyebrows
as the rest charge across
the curve of my cheek
longing for the forest of my beard

I sleep through the slaughter
on my jaw
soothed by the steady snores
of slumbering bears
in the caves of my ears mjh

10/12/2004

(Thanks to Merri for ‘slumbering.’)

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My Virtual Chapbook (table of contents)

In Poems:
Newer: Relentless
Older: The Bright Side
Tags: 2011 chapbook, bears, dreams, elk, macro, nature, sleep, wolves

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tuck

Sun 04/22/12 at 9:21 pm

Sometimes I arise
before dawn
and in those first few moments
I am six again
alone in the endless dark
not quite afraid but
far from mommy and home.
That innocence passes
more quickly this time
with the coming of the light
the radio informs
as the coffee cooks
and I tuck that child
safely back into
his corner of my head:
shh-shh
it’s ok
go back to sleep. mjh

10/27/2005

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My Virtual Chapbook (table of contents)

In Poems:
Newer: flea
Older: Bask
Tags: childhood, dawn, sleep

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surrounded

Sat 04/24/10 at 1:37 am

the alpha wolf dreams
she is on her greatest hunt.
the prey is worthy & strong

her twitches and yelps
awaken her pack
they stand around her
recognize the cues
this is a great hunt.
as one, they lay down
and close their eyes

and she is surrounded again
by her pack
moving endlessly towards the kill mjh

8/18/04

In Poems:
Newer: Birdsmith
Older: dry spell
Tags: dreams, nature, sleep, unbooked, wolves

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