HONEY LOCUST
subdued splendor
of the evening gardens
green silk
of dew-lit grasses
cicadas
in the leaves of night
the sky unfolding
its skein of stars
Previously published in Earthtones (anthology from Wood Thrush Books)
Poem by Jeanne Shannon
Jeanne Shannon grew up in Virginia on a farm surrounded by forests. Much of her writing features the natural world. Two of her books, one poetry, one fiction, have won New Mexico Book Awards. She lives in Albuquerque.