going against the flow to stay still
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.
what the trees
at night are saying katy did
hiding
in the forest fires formaldehyde
trailside stump
an emerald ash borer’s
whole journey
clearing wind
I’ve managed to escape my flies
hot bug summer
ten thousand wave in unison
on a beech twig
death cap
on the patio a party of one
the future
moving on without us fireflies
hairy thumbs of a hitchhiker
enchanter’s nightshade
the elf in myself
no one’s watching
pond scum
green bubbles from the frog who jumped in
river on a cloudy day
these groundless blues
