where a caterpillar hung one dancing leaf
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.
where a bird entered
the world as an egg
in the company
of mushrooms flying your leaf
through telescopes
the signature of life dotting the i
stairwell
at the spiritual center bleeding green
last supper
at the junkyard who saves whom
destroying angel
mushroom on his chin old turtle
blocking the trail
a castleback orbweaver’s latest fly
back from a hike
a leaf-footed bug on the Honda
patchy fog
the pileated woodpecker nailing it
grease grass
such a fancy red for the wind
out of my mind
the insects i’ve traded for this breeze
