The river sings
its ancestral song
with a flirtatious sparkle
as it bubbles along
in a dance with sunshine
and shadows in tune
I avidly eavesdrop
on this secret commune.
© Brenda Aksionov 2020
The river sings
its ancestral song
with a flirtatious sparkle
as it bubbles along
in a dance with sunshine
and shadows in tune
I avidly eavesdrop
on this secret commune.
© Brenda Aksionov 2020
Sesquipedalian croak
as old as time
feathered sage spoke
through wisdom aligned
keeping the secrets
of ancient rites
he traced from the shadows
of bones bled dry.
© Brenda Aksionov 2019
Angst aground
is circling around
to a scary melody
in shadows abound.
© Brenda Aksionov 2018
Forest leaves
a canopy of shadows
gnarled limbs weave
along flushing meadows
lining a road paved
with ancient echoes
in dark hedges
of time.
© Brenda Aksionov 2018
Haunting shadows
of crows in flight
their cawing echoes
the dark of night
carrying mysteries
with magic intent
manifesting change
in greater strength.
© Brenda Aksionov 2018
Elegant Egret
daintily moves
its slow rhythmic dance
in step as it woos
with a stealthy wait
the surface glows
as shadows sway
and shimmy below
in a taunting prance
and the beak soon flows
a supersonic dart
of oblivion.
© Brenda Aksionov 2018
[Art courtesy of Janet Weight Reed]