Saturday, January 7, 2012

HOWLING IN THE NEW YEAR











Across the plains
she danced
a mean tango
to music
only she
could hear
Eating every acre
more voraciously
than the one before

Her partners: 
the high Arctic Wind
and the Chinook
from off the pass
Both blowing hard
competing
for her hand

Still she danced
on - her flames
Brighter, higher
and more deadly
as she went
Her appetite
unabated
No matter how
many homes
she took, nor fields

Until  finally: livestock
—most led to safety—
She exposed
a few bewildered
equine souls
enough
to quench
her wicked thirst -
Limned them
in carnelian;
Their manes
and tails ablaze
At long last
slaked, she
rode them
to their end.

5 comments:

  1. Such vivid imagery in this intense and well written piece.

    Thanks for leaving your link at I Saw Sunday.

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  2. Thank you for joining Poets United. I have added your blog to our blogroll so others can discover you and your wonderful poetry. Poets United is what you make of it so explore, comment often and it will lead to folks doing so in return. We look forward to visiting your blog and reading your poetry.

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  3. Thanks to all for reading and commenting - this is based on a true story that did happen in the southern part of Alberta, the week between Christmas and New Year's - truly terrifying ...

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