Loud Silence
Trills and tremolos, chirps and warbles echo in the trees I see with closed eyes. Wind flirts with my ears and then whooshes over the treetops and down the slopes, …
Tag: Susanne Donoghue
It’s Hard to Explain
Ants will visit every feast.If the potato salad has mustard and sweet pickles,I can put up with crawlers.And if I can have melody and rhythm,I’ll deal with some noise.Clouds’ soft, …
Darkness
I love the light, but also when it goes to hide. The day’s too short for me to finish every chore, but darkness shields my faults from hostile eyes. Darkness …
No Harm Done or No Harm Seen
I mean no harm, truly. But trees are cut down, shredded, so I may buy toilet paper. When I discard the plastic wrapper, it may end leaching poisons into the …
Floating Among the Stars
Well-loved night cradles each sun, rocks all beings in universal sleep. The all-pervading “I” sings of puissance and care, soft electricity innervating cells and stars, speaking to Itself through tree …