no direction to the light
in this snowstorm in these woods
no strength for the shadow
no black for the crow
no color, but for this cardinal
balanced on a thin branch
- RM
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Occasional Glimpses Into the Voyage From the Helmsman, Ralph Murre
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- Ralph Murre
- Ralph Murre is the author of "Crude Red Boat" and "The Price of Gravity, both books of poetry; author and illustrator of "Psalms", a book of poetry and art, co-author, (with Sharon Auberle)of "Wind Where Music Was", a book of poems of experience, and he is editor/publisher of several books of prose, poetry, photography, and drawings from Little Eagle Press, which he founded. Ordering information for these books is available from littleeaglepress@gmail.com , as is information regarding this site. ----------------->>>- NOTE WELL: (c) ALL CONTENT OF THIS SITE, BOTH VERBAL AND VISUAL, IS THE COPYRIGHT PROPERTY OF RALPH MURRE, UNLESS OTHERWISE CREDITED. -<<<--------------------------------------
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- from the coop!
- the beatnik
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7 comments:
no black for the crow
fantastic line. Love the imagery in this.
This is wonderful. I really like the line "no strength for the shadows"; a great follow to the previous image. Is this one of your photographs?
stunning photo, Ralph, and good poem too!
I love the cardinal's splash of red in the photo, I like the poem too
thanks,all
yes, it's one of my photos, and a lot of my digital manipulations
the poem is real
Great poem......really loved this.
lovely poem and extraordinary picture....
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