Ravensong Poetry And Writing Blog by Donovan Baldwin

By Donovan Baldwin

so vulnerable
flicker in darkening woods
firefly or fairy

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as snakes across rocks
silent silver slithering
the waters glide by

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seeking of the words
faithful friends of olden times
in memory's well

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words needing no ink
deeply engraved on our hearts
glowing with each beat

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Night makes the familiar strange
And even the bravest quivers with
An atavistic fear sent downward
Along the gnarled branches of
The tree of man from ancestors
Who sat beside their puny fire
Brave souls by day who quaked
At the unknown terrors
Behind the cloak of night.

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Poetry copyright 2020 by Donovan Baldwin

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