Night Fog

Fog rises
to black space.

The sea
overpowers
the sky.

Vapors swamp
unsuspecting stars.

Ethereal waves
wash
against night's
mystic shore.

poem by Steven Federle
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Starry Night

Night fills the valley.
swarming armies rise to crest
to fiery west.

The battle is done.
tumbling stars overturning
pale winter's stark sun.

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Starry Night (Vacaville)

Night fills the valley.
swarming armies rise to crest
to fiery west.

The battle is done.
tumbling stars overturning
pale winter's stark sun.

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Abaude: City Rain

City rain falls down
gutters, steep canyon walls, to
chasms passionless.

No rushing life, no
dark soil can restore grey pave-
ment to muddy joy.

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Dappled Sky Horse

black veins at the source
wide; narrow as limbs taper.
gaps of dappled blue.

from the black earth, heat
of life rising, flows up
to the folded sky.

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Early Rising

early rising, fresh
sky night black, just brightening
to early-bird's joy.

but still tired, eyes
aching with sleep. I think I
will go back to bed.

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Khaki Hills

khaki hills,
light-washed, bleached
summer clean,
slopes folded
oaken-green

as a horse, mad
in the morning mist,
gallops and kicks
at nothing.

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Vision

In the raw air of crystal dawn
the sun devours waning night
with dragon-song,

and rises to cerulean heights
to the vaulting domes
of eternal sight.

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Respite

gentle breeze
windows open
to tender
glow

slight
tree sways
green buds lace
dormant
limbs

and hint
at summer,

presage
spring’s
perennial
leap!

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Blows The Wind

blows the wind
by winter
enthralled, trees
shed at end
of day, end
of summer
world fall filled,
newly chilled,
crescent moon
disappears
all too soon.

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