Facing the Fire… Desert Phoenix 11 Dec 20204 Dec 2020 The pagan sun at zenith stands, Above the scorched and ravaged land, Where wildfires blaze and cattle thirst, And all below seems dry and cursed. The cities suck the…
Facing the Fire… I Fear the Dragon 10 Dec 202010 Dec 2020 By Joni Caggiano Joni Caggiano is a self-published author of the book “The Path Toward the Light.” Her blog is https://www.the-inner-child.com, where she has published poetry, photography, and short stories.…
Facing the Fire Red Maples 9 Dec 20204 Dec 2020 As radiant as springtime’s blossoms, fall foliage mimics summer fruit brightly colored at peak ripeness. Then crisping leaves like licking flames soon subside as winter ashes and sift to roots…
Facing the Fire… Fire Ship 8 Dec 202029 Nov 2020 The sea expressed itself leaving us Provisions saturated and impractical Charts drawn in dissolving plot lines Among a vanishing and mutinous crew Overboard went treasured collections And wealth as we…
Facing the Fire Elegy for Saint Helena 7 Dec 20207 Dec 2020 The orange fruit dove who perched upon an untouched sea of grace Whistled gentle knells of vapor that ascended into space By the time her prayers reached heaven, her home…
Facing the Fire… Across Kilauea 6 Dec 20204 Dec 2020 In heavy downpour, blinded by somber clouds, I stand on her high perimeter imagining Halemaumau far below, simmering on the face of his mother caldera, Kilauea, who, in 1967,…
Facing the Fire… The Fire of Francisville 5 Dec 20204 Dec 2020 When summer heat gives way to cold and ice and village folk begin the winter war of fixing window-panes and checking twice equipment, grains, and jars they have in store,…
Nature FIRE WIND, RAIN WIND, AND GALE FORCE WIND 3 Dec 202029 Nov 2020 I haven’t heard the wind this loud for months. I lay awake thinking that a branch might fall And crush me, my wife, my car or my neighbor’s House or…
Facing the Fire Burn-scape 3 Dec 20202 Dec 2020 Fireweed, graminoids, mushrooms and morels – seed of a lodgepole pine. Black-backed woodpeckers that nest in the burned-out hollows. Fire-following beetles and the bats that follow them – all waiting…
Facing the Fire… Thoughts on Fire 2 Dec 20202 Dec 2020 By Deborah Sarbin Deborah Sarbin writes from northwestern Pennsylvania, where she teaches English at Clarion University. She began writing poetry in her fifties, after decades of reading and study.
Facing the Fire… Fire Drill (Santa Rosa, California, 2017) 2 Dec 202025 Nov 2020 At bedtime, no hint. Sky clear. Moon rising. House built like a boat. Wine Country hills a lullaby of waves. Attachments spill from small rooms— tatami mats, heirloom…
Nature Bushfire Season 1 Dec 202027 Nov 2020 (Note: Explorer 6 was the first satellite to send pictures of Earth back from space. The Curragh is a flat, grassy area of Ireland not far from Dublin). -Poem by…
Facing the Fire… Savannah Renaissance 1 Dec 202025 Nov 2020 Across the landscape seething As a dragon breathing The conflagration whirling As smoke begins swirling Long-needled brown duff Provides incendiary stuff To spread ore the floor Consuming stems,…
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