the black dog shaking
a shower off
Author: Dave Bonta
I live in an Appalachian hollow in the Juniata watershed of central Pennsylvania, and spend a great deal of time walking in the woods. My books of poetry include FAILED STATE: HAIBUN, ICE MOUNTAIN: AN ELEGY, BREAKDOWN: BANJO POEMS, and ODES TO TOOLS.
spring cleaning
a heart made of yarn
gives up its dust
two last berries
left to bear
the darkest blues
morning spider
making way
into wait
summer’s end
a bumblebee embracing
all the petals
in this underworld
a snaketongue truffleclub’s blackened fork
new moon
over the Gaza strip
every eyelid
light supper
the assassin’s green
first instar
the throb
in a jewelweed blossom
birthing a fly
fog
from the noisy valley
be my ghost
tunnel vision
the darkness returning
each of our words
arboretum
catching the eye
of a rabbit
