Stark white egret stands
Erect in the murky pond—
Smoke lurks in the air
Skat@2023
sky
Poppies
In open field, the poppies tall,
Wake from sleep so deep, to fly;
Their paper petals, flushed, enthrall,
Flat out, they flout their blooms, unshy.
The winds will blow, red men will fall,
Blood-tears shed—- bled into sky;
Tossed to heaven, once-silenced spirits all,
With no word ever heard, they cry.
Kat Mortensen©2010
Awe
Four in the morning,
Night sky alight with bright stars—
I just want to cry.
Skat@2020
Sky High
Streaky horizon,
random peaks dot the cloudscape–
anotherworldly.
skat@2017
Glee
Goldfinches sail by,
wee yellow dolphins dipping–
in a sea of sky.
skat@2017
Sun Day
You were gone so long
It took some time to notice
When at last, you shone.
skat@2017
Bedroom Eyes
Bar of gray sky splits
My curtains, reminds me, a
Fall day’s behind them.
skat@2016
Epiphany
Morning clouds sail by
Across the sky, reminding
Us, we are earthbound.
skat@2016
Better Safe …
Skies pink this morning,
Think I’ll hunker down in my
Basement bunker. (*wink)
skat @2016
The Stars on the Other Side of the World
There is a sky
so far from here
where stars like sequins
light up the night and glow—
spangled, blinking
constellated
above the seas
that flow.
I want to be there
to stand on a rocky
promontory
fearing not,
the abyss below.
Eyes up!
Mesmerized
I want to feel
the emerald grass that
lies beneath my feet— and know
the shamrocks
will prevent me
from demise
and Sirius will
guide me
as I go.
Kat Mortensen©2010
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